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 | ||||||||||||
μεταP66 · P75 | After | Μετὰ | After | μετα | | | post | Post | After | ܒܬܪ | After | Μετὰ | After | |||||
ταυταP66 · P75 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | haec | hæc | these things | ܗܠܝܢ | these things | ταῦτα | these things | |||||
απηλθενP66 · P75 | went away | ἀπῆλθεν | went away | απηλθεν | | | abiit | abiit | went away | ܐܙܠ | went away | ἀπῆλθεν | went away | |||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
περανP66 · P75 | over | πέραν | over | περαν | | | trans | trans | over | ܠܥܒܪܐ | over | πέραν | over | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | tiberiadis | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
θαλασσησP66 · P75 | Sea | θαλάσσης | Sea | θαλασσης | | | mare | mare | Sea | ܕܝܡܐ | Sea | θαλάσσης | Sea | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
γαλιλαιασP66 · P75 | of Galilee — | Γαλιλαίας | of Galilee — | γαλιλαιας | | | galilaeae | Galilææ | of Galilee — | ܕܓܠܝܠܐ | of Galilee — | Γαλιλαίας | of Galilee — | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
τιβεριαδοσP66 · P75 | of Tiberias. | Τιβεριάδος. | of Tiberias. | τιβεριαδος | | | fines | quod | of Tiberias. | ܕܛܒܪܝܘܤ | of Tiberias. | Τιβεριάδος | of Tiberias. | |||||
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