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 | ||||||||||||
περιP66 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | De | concerning | ܥܠ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
δεP66 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | iudicio | judicio | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
κρισεωσP66 | judgment, | κρίσεως, | judgment, | κρισεως | | | autem | autem | judgment, | ܕܝܢ | judgment, | κρίσεως | judgment, | |||||
οτιP66 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | quoniam | quia | because | ܕܐܪܟܘܢܐ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
οP66 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | princeps | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
αρχωνP66 | ruler | ἄρχων | ruler | αρχων | | | huius | hujus | ruler | ܕܥܠܡܐ | ruler | ἄρχων | ruler | |||||
τουP66 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | mundi | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
κοσμουP66 | world | κόσμου | world | κοσμου | | | — | jam | world | ܗܢܐ | world | κόσμου | world | |||||
τουτουP66 | this | τούτου | this | τουτου | | | iudicatus | judicatus | this | ܕܝܢ | this | τούτου | this | |||||
κεκρειταιP66 | has been judged. | κέκριται.¶ | has been judged. | κεκριται | | | est | est | has been judged. | ܗܘ | has been judged. | κέκριται | has been judged. | |||||
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