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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
τινεσP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | some | τινὲς | some | τινες | | | aliqui | Quidam | some | ܘܐܢܫܝܢ | some | Τινὲς | some | |||||
δεP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
εξP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | of | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | ex | ex | of | — | — | ἐξ | of | |||||
αυτωνP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | — | ipsis | them | ܐܙܠܘ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
απηλθονP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | went | ἀπῆλθον | went | — | | | abierunt | abierunt | went | ܠܘܬ | went | ἀπῆλθον | went | |||||
προσP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܦܪܝܫܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
τουσP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
φαρεισαιουσP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | Pharisees | Φαρισαίους | Pharisees | φαρισαιους | | | pharisaeos | pharisæos | Pharisees | — | — | Φαρισαίους | Pharisees | |||||
καιP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܡܪܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ειπονP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | told | εἶπαν | told | ειπαν | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | told | ܠܗܘܢ | told | εἶπον | told | |||||
αυτοισP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | eis | eis | to them | ܡܕܡ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
αP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | what | ἃ | what | — | | | quod | quæ | what | — | — | ἃ | what | |||||
εποιησενP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | did | ἐποίησεν | did | — | | | fecit | fecit | did | ܕܥܒܕ | did | ἐποίησεν | did | |||||
ιηP45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | eis | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
Ἰησοῦς.¶P45 · P59 · P6 · P66 | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦς.¶ | Jesus. | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus. | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus. | |||||
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