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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
τουτοP37 · P45 | This | τοῦτο | This | τουτο | | | hoc | Hic | This | ܗܢܘ | This | τοῦτο | This | |||||
γαρP37 · P45 | for | γάρ | for | γαρ | | | est | est | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | |||||
εστινP37 · P45 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | enim | enim | is | ܕܡܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
τοP37 · P45 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
αιμαP37 · P45 | blood | αἷμά | blood | αιμα | | | sanguis | sanguis | blood | ܕܕܝܬܩܐ | blood | αἷμά | blood | |||||
μουP37 · P45 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | meus | meus | of Mine | — | — | μου | of Mine | |||||
τησP37 · P45 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
διαθηκησP37 · P45 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
τοP37 · P45 | of a new | καινῆς | of a new | καινης | | | noui | novi | of a new | ܚܕܬܐ | of a new | καινῆς | of a new | |||||
περιP37 · P45 | covenant | διαθήκης | covenant | διαθηκης | | | testamenti | testamenti | covenant | ܕܚܠܦ | covenant | διαθήκης | covenant | |||||
πολλωνP37 · P45 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
εκχυννομενονP37 · P45 | for | περὶ | for | — | | | pro | pro | for | — | — | περὶ | for | |||||
εισP37 · P45 | many | πολλῶν | many | πολλων | | | multis | multis | many | ܤܓܝܐܐ | many | πολλῶν | many | |||||
αφεσινP37 · P45 | being poured out | ἐκχυννόμενον | being poured out | εκχυννομενον | | | effunditur | effundetur | will be poured out | ܡܬܐܫܕ | being poured out | ἐκχυνόμενον | being poured out | |||||
αμαρτιωνP37 · P45 | for | εἰς | for | εις | | | in | in | for | — | — | εἰς | for | |||||
ἄφεσινP37 · P45 | forgiveness | ἄφεσιν | forgiveness | αφεσ | | | remissionem | remissionem | forgiveness | ܠܫܘܒܩܢܐ | forgiveness | ἄφεσιν | forgiveness | |||||
ἁμαρτιῶν.P37 · P45 | of sins. | ἁμαρτιῶν. | of sins. | αμαρτιων | | | peccatorum | peccatorum | of sins | ܕܚܛܗܐ | of sins. | ἁμαρτιῶν | of sins. | |||||
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