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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
σχισμαP66 · P75 | A division | Σχίσμα | A division | σχισμα | | | dissensio | Dissensio | A division | ܘܗܘܬ | A division | Σχίσμα | A division | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | itaque | itaque | therefore | — | — | οὖν | therefore | |||||
εγενετοP66 · P75 | occurred | ἐγένετο | occurred | εγενετο | | | facta | facta | occurred | ܗܘܬ | occurred | ἐν | occurred | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | est | est | in | ܦܠܓܘܬܐ | in | τῷ | in | |||||
τωP66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | — | | | in | — | — | — | — | ὄχλῳ | the | |||||
οχλωP66 · P75 | crowd | ὄχλῳ | crowd | — | | | turba | turba | crowd | — | — | ἐγένετο | crowd | |||||
διP66 · P75 | because of | δι᾽ | because of | δι | | | propter | propter | because of | ܒܟܢܫܐ | because of | δι’ | because of | |||||
αυτονP66 · P75 | Him. | αὐτόν. | Him. | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him. | ܡܛܠܬܗ | Him. | αὐτόν | Him. | |||||
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