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 | ||||||||||||
διαP128 · P66 · P75 | On account of | διὰ | On account of | δια | | | propter | Propterea | On account of | ܘܡܛܠ | On account of | Διὰ | On account of | |||||
τουτοP128 · P66 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | et | et | this | ܗܕܐ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
υπηντησενP128 · P66 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | obuiauerunt | obviam | also | ܢܦܩܘ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
αυτωP128 · P66 · P75 | met | ὑπήντησεν | met | — | | | quoniam | venit | met | — | — | ὑπήντησεν | met | |||||
οP128 · P66 · P75 | with Him | αὐτῷ | with Him | αυτω | | | ei | ei | with Him | ܠܩܘܒܠܗ | with Him | αὐτῷ | with Him | |||||
οχλοσP128 · P66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
οτιP128 · P66 · P75 | crowd, | ὄχλος, | crowd, | — | | | hoc | — | — | ܟܢܫܐ | crowd, | ὄχλος | crowd, | |||||
ηκουσανP128 · P66 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | turbae | turba | because | ܤܓܝܐܐ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
αυτονP128 · P66 · P75 | they heard | ἤκουσαν | they heard | ηκουσαν | | | — | quia | they heard | ܕܫܡܥܘ | they heard | ἤκουσεν | they heard | |||||
τουτοP128 · P66 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | audierunt | audierunt | this | — | — | τοῦτο | this | |||||
πεποιηκεναιP128 · P66 · P75 | of His | αὐτὸν | of His | αυτον | | | fecisse | fecisse | of His | ܕܐܬܐ | of His | αὐτὸν | of His | |||||
τοP128 · P66 · P75 | to have done | πεποιηκέναι | to have done | πεποιηκεναι | | | hoc | hoc | to have done | ܗܕܐ | to have done | πεποιηκέναι | to have done | |||||
σημιονP128 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | illum | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
σημεῖον.¶P128 · P66 · P75 | sign. | σημεῖον.¶ | sign. | σημειον | | | signum | signum | sign. | ܥܒܕ | sign. | σημεῖον | sign. | |||||
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