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 | ||||||||||||
ωσπερP45 | even as | ὥσπερ | even as | ωσπερ | | | sicut | Sicut | even as | ܐܝܟܢܐ | even as | ὥσπερ | even as | |||||
οP45 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | uos | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
υσP45 | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ϋιος | | | filius | Filius | Son | ܕܒܪܗ | Son | υἱὸς | Son | |||||
τουP45 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ανθρωπουP45 | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ανθρωπου | | | hominis | hominis | of Man | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | |||||
ουκP45 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | — | — | οὐκ | not | |||||
ηλθενP45 | came | ἦλθεν | came | ηλθεν | | | uenit | venit | came | ܠܐ | came | ἦλθεν | came | |||||
διακονηθηναιP45 | to be served | διακονηθῆναι | to be served | διακονηθηναι | | | ministrari | ministrari | to be served | ܐܬܐ | to be served | διακονηθῆναι | to be served | |||||
αλλαP45 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
διακονησαιP45 | to serve | διακονῆσαι | to serve | διακονησαι | | | ministrare | ministrare | to serve | ܐܠܐ | to serve | διακονῆσαι | to serve | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܢܫܡܫ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
δουναιP45 | to give | δοῦναι | to give | δουναι | | | dare | dare | to give | ܘܕܢܬܠ | to give | δοῦναι | to give | |||||
τηνP45 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
ψυχηνP45 | life | ψυχὴν | life | ψυχην | | | animam | animam | life | — | — | ψυχὴν | life | |||||
αυτουP45 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | suam | suam | of Him | ܢܦܫܗ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
λυτρονP45 | as a ransom | λύτρον | as a ransom | λυτρον | | | redemptionem | redemptionem | as a ransom | ܦܘܪܩܢܐ | as a ransom | λύτρον | as a ransom | |||||
αντιP45 | for | ἀντὶ | for | αντι | | | pro | pro | for | ܚܠܦ | for | ἀντὶ | for | |||||
πολλωνP45 | many. | πολλῶν.¶ | many. | πολλων | | | multis | multis | many. | ܤܓܝܐܐ | many. | πολλῶν | many. | |||||
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