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 | ||||||||||||
τωνP45 · P66 · P75 | Was | ἦν | Was | ην | | | erat | Erat | Was | ܐܝܬܝܗ | Was | Ἦν | Was | |||||
ιεροσολυμωνP45 · P66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
αποP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | proximum | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
σταδιωνP45 · P66 · P75 | Bethany | Βηθανία | Bethany | βηθανια | | | bethania | Bethania | Bethany | ܒܝܬ | Bethany | Βηθανία | Bethany | |||||
δεκαπεντεP45 · P66 · P75 | near | ἐγγὺς | near | — | | | — | juxta | near | ܥܢܝܐ | near | ἐγγὺς | near | |||||
τῶνP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τῶν | <the> | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | |||||
ἹεροσολύμωνP45 · P66 · P75 | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσολύμων | Jerusalem | ϊεροσολυμων | | | — | — | — | ܓܢܒ | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσολύμων | Jerusalem | |||||
ὡςP45 · P66 · P75 | about | ὡς | about | — | | | hierosolymis | Jerosolymam | about | ܐܘܪܫܠܡ | about | ὡς | about | |||||
ἀπὸP45 · P66 · P75 | away | ἀπὸ | away | απο | | | a | quasi | away | ܟܕ | away | ἀπὸ | away | |||||
σταδίωνP45 · P66 · P75 | stadia | σταδίων | stadia | σταδιων | | | stadiis | stadiis | stadia | ܦܪܝܩܐ | stadia | σταδίων | stadia | |||||
δεκαπέντε.¶P45 · P66 · P75 | fifteen. | δεκαπέντε.¶ | fifteen. | δεκαπεντε | | | quindecim | quindecim | fifteen. | ܡܢܗ | fifteen. | δεκαπέντε | fifteen. | |||||
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