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 | ||||||||||||
νυνP59 · P66 · P75 | Now | νῦν | Now | νυν | | | nunc | Nunc | Now | ܗܫܐ | Now | Νῦν | Now | |||||
κρισισP59 · P66 · P75 | the judgment | κρίσις | the judgment | κρισις | | | iudicium | judicium | the judgment | ܕܝܢܗ | the judgment | κρίσις | the judgment | |||||
εστινP59 · P66 · P75 | is | ἐστὶν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܗܘ | is | ἐστὶν | is | |||||
τουP59 · P66 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | mittetur | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
κοσμουP59 · P66 · P75 | world | κόσμου | world | κοσμου | | | mundi | mundi | world | ܕܥܠܡܐ | world | κόσμου | world | |||||
τουτουP59 · P66 · P75 | of this; | τούτου· | of this; | — | | | nunc | nunc | of this; | ܗܢܐ | of this; | τούτου | of this; | |||||
νυνP59 · P66 · P75 | now | νῦν | now | νυν | | | — | — | — | ܗܫܐ | now | νῦν | now | |||||
οP59 · P66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
αρχωνP59 · P66 · P75 | prince | ἄρχων | prince | αρχων | | | princprinceps | princeps | prince | ܐܪܟܘܢܐ | prince | ἄρχων | prince | |||||
τουP59 · P66 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
κοσμουP59 · P66 · P75 | world | κόσμου | world | κοσμου | | | huius | hujus | world | ܕܥܠܡܐ | world | κόσμου | world | |||||
τουτουP59 · P66 · P75 | this | τούτου | this | τουτου | | | mundi | mundi | this | ܗܢܐ | this | τούτου | this | |||||
βληθησεταιP59 · P66 · P75 | will be cast | ἐκβληθήσεται | will be cast | — | | | — | ejicietur | will be cast | ܡܫܬܕܐ | will be cast | ἐκβληθήσεται | will be cast | |||||
εξωP59 · P66 · P75 | out, | ἔξω, | out, | εξω | | | foris | foras | out, | ܠܒܪ | out, | ἔξω | out, | |||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||