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 | ην | | | erat | Erat | Was | ܘܩܪܝܒ | Was | Ἦν | Was | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
εγγυσP66 · P75 | near | ἐγγὺς | near | εγγυς | | | — | in | near | — | — | ἐγγὺς | near | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | iudaeorum | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
εορτηP66 · P75 | feast | ἑορτὴ | feast | εορτη | | | prope | proximo | feast | ܥܕܥܕܐ | feast | ἑορτὴ | feast | |||||
τωνP66 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | scenopegia | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
ιουδαιωνP66 · P75 | Jews | Ἰουδαίων | Jews | ϊουδαιων | | | dies | dies | Jews | ܕܡܛܠܐ | Jews | Ἰουδαίων | Jews | |||||
ηP66 · P75 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
σκηνοπηγιαP66 · P75 | of Booths. | σκηνοπηγία. | of Booths. | — | | | festus | festus | of Booths. | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | of Booths. | Σκηνοπηγία | of Booths. | |||||
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