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 | ||||||||||||
οιP66 · P75 | The | οἱ | The | οι | | | sunt | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | The | |||||
πατερεσP66 · P75 | fathers | πατέρες | fathers | πατερες | | | patres | Patres | fathers | ܐܒܗܝܟܘܢ | fathers | πατέρες | fathers | |||||
υμωνP66 · P75 | of You | ὑμῶν | of You | ϋμων | | | uestri | vestri | of You | — | — | ὑμῶν | of You | |||||
εφαγονP66 · P75 | ate | ἔφαγον | ate | εφαγον | | | manducauerunt | manducaverunt | ate | ܐܟܠܘ | ate | ἔφαγον | ate | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | mannam | manna | in | — | — | τὸ | in | |||||
μανναP66 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | panem | — | — | — | — | μάννα | the | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | wilderness | ἐρήμῳ | wilderness | ερημω | | | in | in | wilderness | ܡܢܢܐ | wilderness | ἐν | wilderness | |||||
τηP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
ερημωP66 · P75 | manna | μάννα | manna | μαννα | | | deserto | deserto | manna | ܒܡܕܒܪܐ | manna | ἐρήμῳ | manna | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
απεθανονP66 · P75 | died; | ἀπέθανον· | died; | απεθανον | | | mortui | mortui | died; | ܘܡܝܬܘ | died; | ἀπέθανον | died; | |||||
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