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 | ||||||||||||
σχισμαP45 · P66 · P75 | Division | Σχίσμα | Division | σχισμα | | | dissensio | Dissensio | Division | ܘܗܘܬ | Division | Σχίσμα | Division | |||||
παλινP45 · P66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | iterum | therefore | ܬܘܒ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
εγενετοP45 · P66 · P75 | again | πάλιν | again | — | | | facta | facta | again | ܦܠܓܘܬܐ | again | πάλιν | again | |||||
ενP45 · P66 · P75 | there was | ἐγένετο | there was | εγενετο | | | est | est | there was | ܒܝܢܝ | there was | ἐγένετο | there was | |||||
τοισP45 · P66 · P75 | among | ἐν | among | εν | | | inter | inter | among | — | — | ἐν | among | |||||
ιουδαιοισP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | |||||
διαP45 · P66 · P75 | Jews | Ἰουδαίοις | Jews | ϊουδαιοις | | | iudaeos | Judæos | Jews | ܝܗܘܕܝܐ | Jews | Ἰουδαίοις | Jews | |||||
τουσP45 · P66 · P75 | on account of | διὰ | on account of | δια | | | propter | propter | on account of | ܡܛܠ | on account of | διὰ | on account of | |||||
λογουσP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τοὺς | <the> | τους | | | uerba | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | <the> | |||||
τουτουσP45 · P66 · P75 | words | λόγους | words | λογους | | | — | sermones | words | ܡܠܐ | words | λόγους | words | |||||
τούτους.P45 · P66 · P75 | these. | τούτους. | these. | τουτους | | | haec | hos | these. | ܗܠܝܢ | these. | τούτους | these. | |||||
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