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 | ||||||||||||
ωσP66 · P75 | When | Ὡς | When | ως | | | cum | Ut | that/so that | ܟܕ | When | Ὡς | When | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
ανεβησανP66 · P75 | had gone up | ἀνέβησαν | had gone up | ανεβησαν | | | ascenderunt | ascenderunt | ? | ܤܠܩܘ | had gone up | ἀνέβησαν | had gone up | |||||
οιP66 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
αδελφοιP66 · P75 | brothers | ἀδελφοὶ | brothers | αδελφοι | | | fratres | fratres | ? | — | — | ἀδελφοὶ | brothers | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | ? | ܐܚܘܗܝ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | — | | | tunc | tunc | ? | ܠܥܕܥܕܐ | to | τότε | to | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | the | |||||
εορτηνP66 · P75 | feast, | ἑορτήν, | feast, | — | | | et | ipse | himself/he | ܗܝܕܝܢ | feast, | αὐτὸς | feast, | |||||
τοτεP66 · P75 | then | τότε | then | τοτε | | | ipse | ascendit | ? | ܐܦ | then | ἀνέβη | then | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | ascendit | ad | to | — | — | εἰς | also | |||||
αυτοσP66 · P75 | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | αυτος | | | palam | diem | day | ܗܘ | He himself | τὴν | He himself | |||||
ανεβηP66 · P75 | went up | ἀνέβη | went up | ανεβη | | | diem | festum | ? | ܤܠܩ | went up | ἑορτήν | went up | |||||
ουP66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | festum | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
φανερωσP66 · P75 | openly | φανερῶς | openly | φανερως | | | non | manifeste | ? | ܒܓܠܝܐ | openly | φανερῶς | openly | |||||
αλλαP66 · P75 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | αλλ | | | — | sed | but | — | — | ἀλλ’ | but | |||||
ωσP66 · P75 | as | ὡς | as | — | | | sed | quasi | as if | ܐܠܐ | as | ὡς | as | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | absconse | in | in | ܐܝܟ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
κρυπτωP66 · P75 | secret. | κρυπτῷ. | secret. | κρυπτω | | | in | occulto | ? | ܕܒܛܘܫܝܐ | secret. | κρυπτῷ | secret. | |||||
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