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 | ||||||||||||
καθωσP45 · P75 | Even as | καθὼς | Even as | καθως | | | enim | Nam | Even as | ܐܝܟܢܐ | Even as | Καθὼς | Even as | |||||
γαρP45 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | sicut | sicut | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
εγενετοP45 · P75 | was | ἐγένετο | was | εγενετο | | | fuit | fuit | was | ܕܗܘܐ | was | ἐγένετο | was | |||||
ιωνασP45 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | sic | — | — | — | — | Ἰωνᾶς | <the> | |||||
σημειονP45 · P75 | Jonah | Ἰωνᾶς | Jonah | ϊωνας | | | ionas | Jonas | Jonah | ܝܘܢܢ | Jonah | σημεῖον | Jonah | |||||
τοισP45 · P75 | to the | τοῖς | to the | — | | | sicut | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
νινευειταισP45 · P75 | Ninevites | Νινευίταις | Ninevites | — | | | signum | signum | Ninevites | ܐܬܐ | Ninevites | Νινευΐταις | Ninevites | |||||
ουτωσP45 · P75 | a sign | σημεῖον, | a sign | σημιον | | | nineuitis | Ninivitis | a sign | ܠܢܝܢܘܝܐ | a sign | οὕτως | a sign | |||||
εσταιP45 · P75 | thus | οὕτως | thus | ουτως | | | — | ita | thus | ܗܟܢܐ | thus | ἔσται | thus | |||||
οP45 · P75 | will be | ἔσται | will be | εσται | | | erit | erit | will be | ܢܗܘܐ | will be | καὶ | will be | |||||
υσP45 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܐܦ | also | ὁ | also | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | υἱὸς | the | |||||
ανθρωπουP45 · P75 | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ϋιος | | | filius | Filius | Son | ܒܪܗ | Son | τοῦ | Son | |||||
τηιP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀνθρώπου | <the> | |||||
γενεαP45 · P75 | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ανθρωπου | | | hominis | hominis | of Man | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man | τῇ | of Man | |||||
ταυτηιP45 · P75 | to the | τῇ | to the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | γενεᾷ | to the | |||||
γενεᾷP45 · P75 | generation | γενεᾷ | generation | γενεα | | | generationi | generationi | generation | ܠܫܪܒܬܐ | generation | ταύτῃ | generation | |||||
ταύτῃ.P45 · P75 | this. | ταύτῃ. | this. | ταυτη | | | — | isti | this. | ܗܕܐ | this. | ταύτῃ. | this. | |||||
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