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 | ||||||||||||
ουτωσP86 | Thus | οὕτως | Thus | ουτως | | | sic | Sic | Thus | ܗܟܢܐ | Thus | Οὕτως | Thus | |||||
λαμψατωP86 | should shine | λαμψάτω | should shine | λαμψατω | | | luceat | luceat | should shine | — | — | λαμψάτω | should shine | |||||
τοP86 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | lumen | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
φωσP86 | light | φῶς | light | φως | | | — | lux | light | ܢܢܗܪ | light | φῶς | light | |||||
υμωνP86 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | uestra | vestra | of you | ܢܘܗܪܟܘܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
εμπροσθενP86 | before | ἔμπροσθεν | before | — | | | coram | coram | before | — | — | ἔμπροσθεν | before | |||||
τῶνP86 | <the> | τῶν | <the> | των | | | est | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | |||||
ἀνθρώπωνP86 | men | ἀνθρώπων | men | ανθρωπων | | | hominibus | hominibus | men | ܩܕܡ | men | ἀνθρώπων | men | |||||
ὅπωςP86 | so that | ὅπως | so that | οπως | | | ut | ut | so that | ܒܢܝܢܫܐ | so that | ὅπως | so that | |||||
ἴδωσινP86 | they may see | ἴδωσιν | they may see | ειδωσιν | | | uideant | videant | they may see | — | — | ἴδωσιν | they may see | |||||
ὑμῶνP86 | your | ὑμῶν | your | ϋμων | | | opera | vestra | your | ܕܢܚܙܘܢ | your | ὑμῶν | your | |||||
τὰP86 | <the> | τὰ | <the> | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | |||||
καλὰP86 | good | καλὰ | good | καλα | | | uestrum | bona | good | — | — | καλὰ | good | |||||
ἔργαP86 | works | ἔργα | works | εργα | | | bona | opera | works | ܥܒܕܝܟܘܢ | works | ἔργα | works | |||||
καὶP86 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܛܒܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
δοξάσωσινP86 | they may glorify | δοξάσωσιν | they may glorify | δοξασωσιν | | | glorificent | glorificent | they may glorify | — | — | δοξάσωσιν | they may glorify | |||||
τὸνP86 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πατέραP86 | Father | πατέρα | Father | πατερα | | | patrem | Patrem | Father | ܘܢܫܒܚܘܢ | Father | πατέρα | Father | |||||
ὑμῶνP86 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | uestrum | vestrum | of you | ܠܐܒܘܟܘܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
τὸνP86 | who is | τὸν | who is | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | who is | |||||
ἐνP86 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | qui | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
τοῖςP86 | the | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | caelis | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | |||||
οὐρανοῖς.¶P86 | heavens. | οὐρανοῖς.¶ | heavens. | ουρανοις | | | in | caelis | heavens | ܕܒܫܡܝܐ | heavens. | οὐρανοῖς | heavens. | |||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||