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 | ||||||||||||
ηνP45 · P66 · P75 | Was | Ἦν | Was | — | | | iuxta | Proximum | Was | ܩܪܝܒ | Was | Ἦν | Was | |||||
δεP45 · P66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
εγγυσP45 · P66 · P75 | near | ἐγγὺς | near | εγγυς | | | erat | erat | near | ܕܝܢ | near | ἐγγὺς | near | |||||
τοP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
πασχαP45 · P66 · P75 | Passover | πάσχα | Passover | πασχα | | | pascha | Pascha | Passover | — | — | Πάσχα | Passover | |||||
τωνP45 · P66 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | subierunt | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
ιουδαιωνP45 · P66 · P75 | Jews, | Ἰουδαίων, | Jews, | ϊουδαιων | | | iudaeorum | Judæorum | Jews, | ܦܨܚܐ | Jews, | Ἰουδαίων | Jews, | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ανεβησανP45 · P66 · P75 | went up | ἀνέβησαν | went up | ανεβησαν | | | ergo | ascenderunt | went up | ܘܤܠܩܘ | went up | ἀνέβησαν | went up | |||||
πολλοιP45 · P66 · P75 | many | πολλοὶ | many | — | | | multi | multi | many | ܤܓܝܐܐ | many | πολλοὶ | many | |||||
εισP45 · P66 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | — | — | — | — | εἰς | to | |||||
ιεροσολυμαP45 · P66 · P75 | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | ϊεροσολυμα | | | hierosolyma | Jerosolymam | Jerusalem | ܡܢ | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | |||||
εκP45 · P66 · P75 | out of | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | de | de | out of | ܩܘܪܝܐ | out of | ἐκ | out of | |||||
τησP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
χωρασP45 · P66 · P75 | region | χώρας | region | χωρας | | | regione | regione | region | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | region | χώρας | region | |||||
προP45 · P66 · P75 | before | πρὸ | before | — | | | ante | ante | before | ܩܕܡ | before | πρὸ | before | |||||
τουP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | — | | | purificent | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
πασχαP45 · P66 · P75 | Passover | πάσχα | Passover | πασχα | | | pascha | Pascha | Passover | — | — | Πάσχα | Passover | |||||
ιναP45 · P66 · P75 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | so that | ܥܕܥܕܐ | so that | ἵνα | so that | |||||
αγνισωσινP45 · P66 · P75 | they may purify | ἁγνίσωσιν | they may purify | αγνισωσιν | | | — | sanctificarent | they may purify | ܕܢܕܟܘܢ | they may purify | ἁγνίσωσιν | they may purify | |||||
εαυτουσP45 · P66 · P75 | themselves. | ἑαυτούς. | themselves. | εαυτους | | | semetipsos | seipsos | themselves. | ܢܦܫܗܘܢ | themselves. | ἑαυτούς | themselves. | |||||
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