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 | ||||||||||||
προφητωνP45 · P75 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that/so that | ܕܢܬܬܒܥ | so that | ἵνα | so that | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | may be charged | ἐκζητηθῇ | may be charged | εκζητηθη | | | exquirat | inquiratur | ? | ܕܡܐ | may be charged | ἐκζητηθῇ | may be charged | |||||
εκκεχυμενονP45 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | generationem | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
αποP45 · P75 | blood | αἷμα | blood | αιμα | | | sanquis | omnium | ? | ܕܟܠܗܘܢ | blood | αἷμα | blood | |||||
καταβολησP45 · P75 | of all | πάντων | of all | παντων | | | omnium | prophetarum | ? | ܢܒܝܐ | of all | πάντων | of all | |||||
κοσμουP45 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
αποP45 · P75 | prophets | προφητῶν | prophets | προφητων | | | profetarum | qui | who/which | ܕܐܬܐܫܕ | prophets | προφητῶν | prophets | |||||
τησP45 · P75 | which | τὸ | which | το | | | quod | — | — | — | — | τὸ | which | |||||
γενεασP45 · P75 | poured out | ἐκκεχυμένον | poured out | — | | | usquae | est | is | — | — | ἐκχυνόμενον | poured out | |||||
ταυτησP45 · P75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | effunditur | a | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
καταβολῆςP45 · P75 | the foundation | καταβολῆς | the foundation | καταβολης | | | — | constitutione | ? | ܕܐܬܒܪܝ | the foundation | καταβολῆς | the foundation | |||||
κόσμουP45 · P75 | of the world | κόσμου | of the world | κοσμου | | | a | mundi | ? | ܥܠܡܐ | of the world | κόσμου | of the world | |||||
ἀπὸP45 · P75 | against | ἀπὸ | against | — | | | constitutione | a | from | ܡܢ | against | ἀπὸ | against | |||||
τῆςP45 · P75 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | hanc | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
γενεᾶςP45 · P75 | generation | γενεᾶς | generation | γενεας | | | mundi | generatione | ? | ܫܪܒܬܐ | generation | γενεᾶς | generation | |||||
ταύτης,P45 · P75 | this, | ταύτης, | this, | ταυτης | | | ad | ista | ? | ܗܕܐ | this, | ταύτης | this, | |||||
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