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 | ||||||||||||
ταυταP66 · P75 | These things | Ταῦτα | These things | ταυτα | | | haec | Hæc | These things | ܗܠܝܢ | These things | Ταῦτα | These things | |||||
ειπενP66 · P75 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܐܡܪ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
ησαιασP66 · P75 | Isaiah | Ἠσαΐας | Isaiah | ησαϊας | | | autem | Isaias | Isaiah | — | — | Ἠσαΐας | Isaiah | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | — | | | quando | quando | because | ܐܫܥܝܐ | because | ὅτε | because | |||||
ειδενP66 · P75 | he saw | εἶδεν | he saw | ειδεν | | | uidit | vidit | he saw | ܟܕ | he saw | εἶδεν | he saw | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | gloriam | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
δοξανP66 · P75 | glory | δόξαν | glory | δοξαν | | | — | ejus | glory | — | — | δόξαν | glory | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | et | et | of Him | ܚܙܐ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | locutus | locutus | and | ܫܘܒܚܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ελαλησεP66 · P75 | spoke | ἐλάλησεν | spoke | ελαλησεν | | | est | est | spoke | — | — | ἐλάλησεν | spoke | |||||
περιP66 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | dei | de | concerning | ܘܡܠܠ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | Him. | αὐτοῦ. | Him. | αυτου | | | eo | eo | Him. | ܥܠܘܗܝ | Him. | αὐτοῦ | Him. | |||||
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