The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οσP45 | whoever | ὃς | whoever | ος | | | qui | qui | whoever | ܕܨܒܐ | whoever | ὃς | whoever | |||||
ανP45 | maybe | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | uoluerit | voluerit | maybe | — | — | ἐὰν | maybe | |||||
θεληP45 | shall wish | θέλῃ | shall wish | θελη | | | in | inter | shall wish | ܒܟܘܢ | shall wish | θέλῃ | shall wish | |||||
ενP45 | among | ἐν | among | εν | | | uobis | vos | among | ܕܢܗܘܐ | among | ἐν | among | |||||
υμινP45 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
ειναιP45 | to be | εἶναι | to be | ειναι | | | primus | primus | to be | ܩܕܡܝܐ | to be | εἶναι | to be | |||||
πρωτοσP45 | first, | πρῶτος, | first, | πρωτος | | | esse | esse | first, | ܢܗܘܐ | first, | πρῶτος | first, | |||||
εσταιP45 | he will be | ἔσται | he will be | — | | | erit | erit | he will be | — | — | ἔστω | he will be | |||||
υμωνP45 | your | ὑμῶν | your | ϋμων | | | uester | vester | your | ܠܟܘܢ | your | ὑμῶν | your | |||||
δουλοσP45 | slave; | δοῦλος· | slave; | δουλος | | | seruus | servus | slave; | ܥܒܕܐ | slave; | δοῦλος | slave; | |||||
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