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 | ||||||||||||
μεταP45 · P66 · P75 | After | Μετὰ | After | μετα | | | post | Post | After | ܒܬܪ | After | Μετὰ | After | |||||
ταυταP45 · P66 · P75 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | haec | hæc | these things | ܗܠܝܢ | these things | ταῦτα | these things | |||||
ηνP45 · P66 · P75 | there was | ἦν | there was | ην | | | erat | erat | there was | — | — | ἦν | there was | |||||
εορτηP45 · P66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
τωνP45 · P66 · P75 | feast | ἑορτὴ | feast | εορτη | | | dies | dies | feast | ܗܘܐ | feast | ἑορτὴ | feast | |||||
ιουδαιωνP45 · P66 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | Jews, | Ἰουδαίων, | Jews, | ϊουδαιων | | | festus | festus | Jews, | ܥܕܥܕܐ | Jews, | Ἰουδαίων | Jews, | |||||
ανεβηP45 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | iudaeorum | Judæorum | and | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιηP45 · P66 · P75 | went up | ἀνέβη | went up | ανεβη | | | et | et | went up | ܘܤܠܩ | went up | ἀνέβη | went up | |||||
εισP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | in | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιεροσολυμαP45 · P66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ascendit | ascendit | Jesus | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
εἰςP45 · P66 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | ihs | Jesus | to | ܝܫܘܥ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
Ἱεροσόλυμα.P45 · P66 · P75 | Jerusalem. | Ἱεροσόλυμα. | Jerusalem. | ϊεροσολυμα | | | hierosolymis | Jerosolymam | Jerusalem. | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem. | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem. | |||||
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