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 | ||||||||||||
εγενετοP66 | Took place | ἐγένετο | Took place | εγενετο | | | facta | Facta | Took place | ܗܠܝܢ | Took place | Ἐγένετο | Took place | |||||
γαρP66 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | sunt | sunt | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ταυταP66 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | enim | enim | these things | ܗܘܝ | these things | ταῦτα | these things | |||||
ιναP66 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | haec | hæc | so that | ܕܢܬܡܠܐ | so that | ἵνα | so that | |||||
ηP66 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | ut | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
γραφηP66 | Scripture | γραφὴ | Scripture | γραφη | | | scriptura | Scriptura | Scripture | ܟܬܒܐ | Scripture | γραφὴ | Scripture | |||||
πληρωθηP66 | may be fulfilled: | πληρωθῇ· | may be fulfilled: | πληρωθη | | | impleretur | impleretur | may be fulfilled: | — | — | πληρωθῇ | may be fulfilled: | |||||
οστουνP66 | Bone | ὀστοῦν | Bone | οστουν | | | os | Os | Bone | ܕܐܡܪ | Bone | Ὀστοῦν | Bone | |||||
ουP66 | not one | οὐ | not one | ου | | | non | non | not one | ܕܓܪܡܐ | not one | οὐ | not one | |||||
συντριβησεταιP66 | will be broken | συντριβήσεται | will be broken | συντριβησεται | | | comminuetis | comminuetis | will be broken | ܠܐ | will be broken | συντριβήσεται | will be broken | |||||
αυτουP66 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | — | | | ex | ex | from | ܢܬܬܒܪ | from | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
αὐτοῦ.P66 | of Him. | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | αυτου | | | eo | eo | of Him. | ܒܗ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | |||||
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