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 | ||||||||||||
ηδηP66 · P75 | Now | Ἤδη | Now | ηδη | | | iam | Jam | ? | ܟܕ | Now | Ἤδη | Now | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | also | δὲ | also | δε | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | also | |||||
τησP66 · P75 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | docebat | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
εορτησP66 · P75 | feast | ἑορτῆς | feast | εορτης | | | dies | die | on the day | ܦܠܓܘ | feast | ἑορτῆς | feast | |||||
μεσουσησP66 · P75 | being in the middle | μεσούσης | being in the middle | — | | | festus | festo | ? | ܝܘܡܬܐ | being in the middle | μεσούσης | being in the middle | |||||
αναιβηP66 · P75 | went up | ἀνέβη | went up | ανεβη | | | medius | mediante | ? | ܕܥܕܥܕܐ | went up | ἀνέβη | went up | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | cum | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ascendit | ascendit | ? | ܤܠܩ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
ιερονP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | esset | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | temple | ἱερὸν | temple | ϊερον | | | in | templum | ? | ܠܗܝܟܠܐ | temple | ἱερόν | temple | |||||
εδιδασκενP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | templum | et | and | ܘܡܠܦ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ἐδίδασκεν.P66 · P75 | was teaching. | ἐδίδασκεν. | was teaching. | εδιδασκεν | | | et | docebat | ? | ܗܘܐ | was teaching. | ἐδίδασκεν | was teaching. | |||||
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