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 | ||||||||||||
γυνηP22 · P5 · P66 | The | ἡ | The | η | | | infantem | — | — | — | — | Ἡ | The | |||||
οτανP22 · P5 · P66 | woman | γυνὴ | woman | γυνη | | | mulier | Mulier | woman | ܐܢܬܬܐ | woman | γυνὴ | woman | |||||
τικτηP22 · P5 · P66 | when | ὅταν | when | οταν | | | cum | cum | when | ܡܐ | when | ὅταν | when | |||||
λυπηνP22 · P5 · P66 | she may be giving birth | τίκτῃ | she may be giving birth | τικτη | | | parit | parit | she may be giving birth | ܕܝܠܕܐ | she may be giving birth | τίκτῃ | she may be giving birth | |||||
εχειP22 · P5 · P66 | pain | λύπην | pain | λυπην | | | tristitiam | tristitiam | pain | ܟܪܝܐ | pain | λύπην | pain | |||||
οτιP22 · P5 · P66 | has, | ἔχει, | has, | εχει | | | habet | habet | has, | — | — | ἔχει | has, | |||||
ηλθενP22 · P5 · P66 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | quia | quia | because | ܠܗ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
ηP22 · P5 · P66 | has come | ἦλθεν | has come | ηλθεν | | | uenit | venit | has come | ܕܡܛܐ | has come | ἦλθεν | has come | |||||
ωραP22 · P5 · P66 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | mundum | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
αυτησP22 · P5 · P66 | hour | ὥρα | hour | — | | | quoniam | hora | hour | ܝܘܡܐ | hour | ὥρα | hour | |||||
οτανP22 · P5 · P66 | of her; | αὐτῆς· | of her; | αυτης | | | eius | ejus | of her; | ܕܡܘܠܕܗ | of her; | αὐτῆς | of her; | |||||
δεP22 · P5 · P66 | when | ὅταν | when | οταν | | | cum | cum | when | ܡܐ | when | ὅταν | when | |||||
γεννησηP22 · P5 · P66 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
τοP22 · P5 · P66 | she may bring forth | γεννήσῃ | she may bring forth | γεννηση | | | pepererit | pepererit | she may bring forth | — | — | γεννήσῃ | she may bring forth | |||||
παιδιονP22 · P5 · P66 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
ουκετιP22 · P5 · P66 | child, | παιδίον, | child, | παιδιον | | | dies | puerum | child, | ܕܝܢ | child, | παιδίον | child, | |||||
μνημονευειP22 · P5 · P66 | no longer | οὐκέτι | no longer | ουκετι | | | iam | jam | no longer | ܒܪܐ | no longer | οὐκέτι | no longer | |||||
τησP22 · P5 · P66 | she remembers | μνημονεύει | she remembers | μνημονευει | | | non | non | she remembers | ܠܐ | she remembers | μνημονεύει | she remembers | |||||
θλειψεωσP22 · P5 · P66 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
διαP22 · P5 · P66 | tribulation | θλίψεως | tribulation | — | | | meminit | meminit | tribulation | ܥܗܕܐ | tribulation | θλίψεως | tribulation | |||||
τηνP22 · P5 · P66 | on account of | διὰ | on account of | δια | | | tristitiae | pressuræ | on account of | ܐܘܠܨܢܗ | on account of | διὰ | on account of | |||||
χαρανP22 · P5 · P66 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | in | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
οτιP22 · P5 · P66 | joy | χαράν, | joy | χαραν | | | propter | propter | joy | ܡܛܠ | joy | χαρὰν | joy | |||||
εγεννηθηP22 · P5 · P66 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | gaudium | gaudium | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||
ανοσP22 · P5 · P66 | has been born | ἐγεννήθη | has been born | εγεννηθη | | | — | quia | has been born | ܚܕܘܬܐ | has been born | ἐγεννήθη | has been born | |||||
εισP22 · P5 · P66 | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ανθρωπος | | | natus | natus | a man | ܕܐܬܝܠܕ | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | |||||
τονP22 · P5 · P66 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | est | est | into | ܒܪܢܫܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
κοσμονP22 · P5 · P66 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | hunc | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
κόσμον.¶P22 · P5 · P66 | world. | κόσμον.¶ | world. | κοσμον | | | homo | homo | world. | ܒܥܠܡܐ | world. | κόσμον | world. | |||||
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