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 | ||||||||||||
αβρααμP66 · P75 | Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | Abraham | αβρααμ | | | abraham | Abraham | Abraham | ܐܒܪܗܡ | Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | Abraham | |||||
οP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | exultabit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πηρP66 · P75 | father | πατὴρ | father | πατηρ | | | pater | pater | father | — | — | πατὴρ | father | |||||
υμωνP66 · P75 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | uester | vester | of you | ܐܒܘܟܘܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
ηγαλλιασατοP66 · P75 | rejoiced | ἠγαλλιάσατο | rejoiced | ηγαλλιασατο | | | — | exsultavit | rejoiced | ܡܤܘܚ | rejoiced | ἠγαλλιάσατο | rejoiced | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | in that | ἵνα | in that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | in that | — | — | ἵνα | in that | |||||
ιδηP66 · P75 | he may see | ἴδῃ | he may see | ϊδη | | | uideret | videret | he may see | ܗܘܐ | he may see | ἴδῃ | he may see | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
ημερανP66 · P75 | day | ἡμέραν | day | ημεραν | | | diem | diem | day | ܕܢܚܙܐ | day | ἡμέραν | day | |||||
τηνP66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
εμηνP66 · P75 | of Mine | ἐμὴν | of Mine | εμην | | | meum | meum | of Mine | — | — | ἐμήν | of Mine | |||||
ειδεP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | uidit | vidit | and | ܝܘܡܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | he saw | εἶδεν | he saw | ειδεν | | | et | et | he saw | ܘܚܙܐ | he saw | εἶδεν | he saw | |||||
εχαρηP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | gauisus | gavisus | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ἐχάρη.P66 · P75 | rejoiced. | ἐχάρη. | rejoiced. | εχαρη | | | est | est | rejoiced. | ܘܚܕܝ | rejoiced. | ἐχάρη | rejoiced. | |||||
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