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 | ||||||||||||
τοτεP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | Then | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | |||||
λεγειP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | says | λέγει | says | λεγει | | | dicit | dicit | says | ܐܡܪ | says | λέγει | says | |||||
αυτοισP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | eis | illis | to them | ܠܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
οP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | oues | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιησP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
παντεσP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | All | πάντες | All | παντες | | | omnes | Omnes | All | ܝܫܘܥ | All | Πάντες | All | |||||
υμεισP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
σκανδαλισθησεσθεP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | will fall away | σκανδαλισθήσεσθε | will fall away | — | | | scandalizamini | scandalum | will fall away | ܟܠܟܘܢ | will fall away | σκανδαλισθήσεσθε | will fall away | |||||
ενP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | because of | ἐν | because of | εν | | | — | patiemini | because of | ܬܬܟܫܠܘܢ | because of | ἐν | because of | |||||
εμοιP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | Me myself | ἐμοὶ | Me myself | εμοι | | | in | in | Me myself | ܒܝ | Me myself | ἐμοὶ | Me myself | |||||
ενP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | during | ἐν | during | εν | | | me | me | during | — | — | ἐν | during | |||||
ταυτηP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | <the> | τῇ | <the> | τη | | | gregis | gregis | <the> | — | — | τῇ | <the> | |||||
τηP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | night | νυκτὶ | night | νυκτι | | | in | in | night | ܒܗܢܐ | night | νυκτὶ | night | |||||
νυκτιP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | this; | ταύτῃ· | this; | ταυτη | | | — | ista | this; | ܠܠܝܐ | this; | ταύτῃ | this; | |||||
ταυτηP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | It has been written | γέγραπται | It has been written | γεγραπται | | | nocte | nocte | It has been written | ܟܬܝܒ | It has been written | γέγραπται | It has been written | |||||
γεγραπταιP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | for: | γάρ· | for: | γαρ | | | scriptum | Scriptum | for: | ܓܝܪ | for: | γάρ | for: | |||||
γαρP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | I will strike | πατάξω | I will strike | παταξω | | | est | est | I will strike | ܕܐܡܚܐ | I will strike | Πατάξω | I will strike | |||||
παταξωP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
τονP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | shepherd, | ποιμένα, | shepherd, | ποιμενα | | | enim | enim | shepherd, | ܠܪܥܝܐ | shepherd, | ποιμένα | shepherd, | |||||
ποιμεναP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | percutiam | Percutiam | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | they will be scattered | διασκορπισθήσονται | they will be scattered | — | | | pastorem | pastorem | they will be scattered | ܘܢܬܒܕܪܘܢ | they will be scattered | διασκορπισθήσεται | they will be scattered | |||||
διασκορπισθησεταιP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
ταP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | sheep | πρόβατα | sheep | προβατα | | | et | et | sheep | ܥܪܒܐ | sheep | πρόβατα | sheep | |||||
προβαταP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | hac | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
τησP37 · P45 · P53 · P64+P67 | flock.’ | ποίμνης. | flock.’ | ποιμνης | | | dispargentur | dispergentur | flock.’ | ܕܥܢܗ | flock.’ | ποίμνης | flock.’ | |||||
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