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 | ||||||||||||
ηνP66 · P75 | Was | ἦν | Was | — | | | erat | Erat | Was | ܩܪܝܒ | Was | Ἦν | Was | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
εγγυσP66 · P75 | near | ἐγγὺς | near | εγγυς | | | iuxsta | proximum | near | ܕܝܢ | near | ἐγγὺς | near | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | iudaeorum | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
πασχαP66 · P75 | Passover | πάσχα | Passover | πασχα | | | pascha | Pascha | Passover | ܥܕܥܕܐ | Passover | Πάσχα | Passover | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
εορτηP66 · P75 | feast | ἑορτὴ | feast | εορτη | | | dies | dies | feast | ܕܦܨܚܐ | feast | ἑορτὴ | feast | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
ιουδαιωνP66 · P75 | Jews. | Ἰουδαίων.¶ | Jews. | ϊουδαιων | | | solemnis | festus | Jews. | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | Jews. | Ἰουδαίων | Jews. | |||||
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