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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܢܬܝ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
συP45 · P75 | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | συ | | | tu | tu | you yourself | ܟܦܪܢܚܘܡ | you yourself | σύ | you yourself | |||||
καφαρναουμP45 · P75 | Capernaum | Καφαρναοὺμ | Capernaum | καφαρναουμ | | | cafarnaum | Capharnaum | Capernaum | ܗܝ | Capernaum | Καπερναούμ | Capernaum | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | usque | usque | not | ܕܥܕܡܐ | not | ἡ | not | |||||
εωσP45 · P75 | to | ἕως | to | εως | | | ad | ad | to | — | — | ἕως | to | |||||
ουρανουP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | numquid | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
υψωθησηP45 · P75 | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | ουρανου | | | caelum | cælum | heaven | ܠܫܡܝܐ | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | will you be lifted up? | ὑψωθήσῃ; | will you be lifted up? | ϋψωθηση | | | exaltaueris | exaltata | will you be lifted up? | ܐܬܬܪܝܡܬܝ | will you be lifted up? | ὑψωθεῖσα | will you be lifted up? | |||||
εωσP45 · P75 | to | ἕως | to | εως | | | usque | usque | to | ܥܕܡܐ | to | ἕως | to | |||||
αδουP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ᾍδου | <the> | |||||
καταβιβασθησηP45 · P75 | Hades | ᾅδου | Hades | αδου | | | ad | ad | Hades | ܠܫܝܘܠ | Hades | καταβιβασθήσῃ | Hades | |||||
καταβήσῃ.¶P45 · P75 | you will be brought down. | καταβήσῃ.¶ | you will be brought down. | καταβηση | | | infernum | infernum | you will be brought down. | ܬܬܚܬܝܢ | you will be brought down. | καταβήσῃ.¶ | you will be brought down. | |||||
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