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 | ||||||||||||
τοτεP45 · P75 | Then | τότε | Then | — | | | adsumit | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | |||||
πορευεταιP45 · P75 | it goes | πορεύεται | it goes | πορευεται | | | uadit | vadit | it goes | ܐܙܠܐ | it goes | πορεύεται | it goes | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܒܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
παραλαμβάνειP45 · P75 | it takes | παραλαμβάνει | it takes | παραλαμβανει | | | — | assumit | it takes | ܫܒܥ | it takes | παραλαμβάνει | it takes | |||||
ἕτεραP45 · P75 | other | ἕτερα | other | — | | | septem | septem | other | ܪܘܚܝܢ | other | ἑπτὰ | other | |||||
πνεύματαP45 · P75 | spirits | πνεύματα | spirits | — | | | alios | alios | spirits | — | — | ἕτερα | spirits | |||||
πονηρότεραP45 · P75 | more evil | πονηρότερα | more evil | — | | | spiritus | spiritus | more evil | ܐܚܪܢܝܢ | more evil | πνεύματα | more evil | |||||
ἑαυτοῦP45 · P75 | than itself | ἑαυτοῦ | than itself | — | | | se | secum | than itself | ܕܒܝܫܢ | than itself | πονηρότερα | than itself | |||||
ἑπτά,P45 · P75 | seven, | ἑπτά, | seven, | επτα | | | nequiores | nequiores | seven, | ܡܢܗ | seven, | ἑαυτοῦ | seven, | |||||
καὶP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | Α | se | and | ܘܥܐܠܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εἰσελθόνταP45 · P75 | having entered | εἰσελθόντα | having entered | εισελθοντα | | | et | et | having entered | ܘܥܡܪܢ | having entered | ἐλθόντα | having entered | |||||
κατοικεῖP45 · P75 | they dwell | κατοικεῖ | they dwell | κατοικει | | | — | ingressi | they dwell | ܬܡܢ | they dwell | κατοικεῖ | they dwell | |||||
ἐκεῖ·P45 · P75 | there; | ἐκεῖ· | there; | — | | | habitant | habitant | there; | ܘܗܘܝܐ | there; | ἐκεῖ | there; | |||||
καὶP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | intrant | ibi | and | ܚܪܬܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
γίνεταιP45 · P75 | becomes | γίνεται | becomes | γεινεται | | | et | Et | becomes | — | — | γίνεται | becomes | |||||
τὰP45 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | prioribus | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
ἔσχαταP45 · P75 | last | ἔσχατα | last | εσχατα | | | fiunt | fiunt | last | ܕܒܪܢܫܐ | last | ἔσχατα | last | |||||
τοῦP45 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | et | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
ἀνθρώπουP45 · P75 | man | ἀνθρώπου | man | ανθρωπου | | | — | novissima | man | ܗܘ | man | ἀνθρώπου | man | |||||
ἐκείνουP45 · P75 | that one | ἐκείνου | that one | εκεινου | | | Γ | hominis | that one | ܒܝܫܐ | that one | ἐκείνου | that one | |||||
χείροναP45 · P75 | worse | χείρονα | worse | χειρονα | | | — | illius | worse | ܡܢ | worse | χείρονα | worse | |||||
τῶνP45 · P75 | than the | τῶν | than the | των | | | &om; | — | — | — | — | τῶν | than the | |||||
πρώτων.¶P45 · P75 | first. | πρώτων.¶ | first. | πρωτων | | | peiora | pejora | first. | ܩܕܡܝܬܗ | first. | πρώτων | first. | |||||
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