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 | ||||||||||||
ησανP66 · P75 | There were | Ἦσαν | There were | ησαν | | | erant | Erant | There were | ܐܝܬ | There were | Ἦσαν | There were | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | now | |||||
ελληνεσP66 · P75 | Greeks | Ἕλληνές | Greeks | ελληνες | | | quidam | quidam | Greeks | ܕܝܢ | Greeks | τινες | Greeks | |||||
τινεσP66 · P75 | certain | τινες | certain | τινες | | | et | gentiles | certain | ܐܦ | certain | Ἕλληνες | certain | |||||
εκP66 · P75 | among | ἐκ | among | εκ | | | — | ex | among | ܡܢ | among | ἐκ | among | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | those | τῶν | those | των | | | his | — | — | — | — | τῶν | those | |||||
αναβαινοντωνP66 · P75 | coming up | ἀναβαινόντων | coming up | αναβαινοντων | | | qui | qui | coming up | ܥܡܡܐ | coming up | ἀναβαινόντων | coming up | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ascendebant | ascenderant | that | ܐܢܫܐ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
προσκυνησωσινP66 · P75 | they may worship | προσκυνήσωσιν | they may worship | — | | | ut | ut | they may worship | ܒܗܘܢ | they may worship | προσκυνήσωσιν | they may worship | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | at | ἐν | at | εν | | | adorent | adorarent | at | ܕܤܠܩܘ | at | ἐν | at | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | in | in | the | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
εορτηP66 · P75 | feast. | ἑορτῇ. | feast. | εορτη | | | die | die | feast. | ܠܡܤܓܕ | feast. | ἑορτῇ | feast. | |||||
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