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 | ||||||||||||
ιναP52 · P60 · P66 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | Ut | that | ܕܬܫܠܡ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
οP52 · P60 · P66 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | ihu | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
λογοσP52 · P60 · P66 | word | λόγος | word | λογος | | | sermo | sermo | word | ܡܠܬܐ | word | λόγος | word | |||||
τουP52 · P60 · P66 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ιηυP52 · P60 · P66 | of Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | of Jesus | — | | | — | Jesu | of Jesus | ܕܐܡܪ | of Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | of Jesus | |||||
πληρωθηP52 · P60 · P66 | may be fulfilled | πληρωθῇ | may be fulfilled | πληρωθη | | | impleretur | impleretur | may be fulfilled | ܝܫܘܥ | may be fulfilled | πληρωθῇ | may be fulfilled | |||||
ονP52 · P60 · P66 | which | ὃν | which | ον | | | quem | quem | which | ܟܕ | which | ὃν | which | |||||
ειπενP52 · P60 · P66 | He had spoken | εἶπεν | He had spoken | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | He had spoken | — | — | εἶπεν | He had spoken | |||||
σημαινωνP52 · P60 · P66 | signifying | σημαίνων | signifying | — | | | significans | significans | signifying | ܡܘܕܥ | signifying | σημαίνων | signifying | |||||
ποιωP52 · P60 · P66 | as what | ποίῳ | as what | ποιω | | | qua | qua | as what | ܒܐܝܢܐ | as what | ποίῳ | as what | |||||
θανατωP52 · P60 · P66 | death | θανάτῳ | death | θανατω | | | morte | morte | death | ܡܘܬܐ | death | θανάτῳ | death | |||||
ημελλενP52 · P60 · P66 | He was about | ἤμελλεν | He was about | ημελλεν | | | esset | esset | He was about | ܥܬܝܕ | He was about | ἔμελλεν | He was about | |||||
αποθνησκεινP52 · P60 · P66 | to die. | ἀποθνῄσκειν.¶ | to die. | αποθνησκειν | | | moriturus | moriturus | to die. | ܕܢܡܘܬ | to die. | ἀποθνῄσκειν | to die. | |||||
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