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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | Et | and | ܘܡܗܠܟ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
περιεπατειP45 · P66 · P75 | was walking | περιεπάτει | was walking | περιεπατι | | | ambulabat | ambulabat | was walking | ܗܘܐ | was walking | περιεπάτει | was walking | |||||
οP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | solomonis | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιηP45 · P66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
ενP45 · P66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܝܫܘܥ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωιP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ιερωιP45 · P66 · P75 | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | ϊερω | | | templo | templo | temple | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | |||||
ενP45 · P66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
τηιP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
στοαP45 · P66 · P75 | porch | στοᾷ | porch | στοα | | | porticum | porticu | porch | ܒܐܤܛܘܐ | porch | στοᾷ | porch | |||||
τουP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Σολομῶνος | <the> | |||||
σολομωνοσP45 · P66 · P75 | of Solomon. | Σολομῶνος. | of Solomon. | σολομωνος | | | — | Salomonis | of Solomon. | ܕܫܠܝܡܘܢ | of Solomon. | Σολομῶντος | of Solomon. | |||||
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