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 | ||||||||||||
ουδενP45 · P75 | No thing | Οὐδὲν | No thing | ουδεν | | | nihil | Nihil | No thing | ܠܝܬ | No thing | Οὐδὲν | No thing | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | enim | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
κεκαλυμμενονP45 · P75 | concealed | συγκεκαλυμμένον | concealed | — | | | — | opertum | concealed | ܡܕܡ | concealed | συγκεκαλυμμένον | concealed | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | is | ἐστὶν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | — | — | ἐστὶν | is | |||||
οP45 · P75 | which | ὃ | which | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὃ | which | |||||
ουκP45 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | — | | | non | non | not | ܕܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
αποκαλυφθησεταιP45 · P75 | will be revealed, | ἀποκαλυφθήσεται, | will be revealed, | — | | | reuelabitur | reveletur | will be revealed, | ܢܬܓܠܐ | will be revealed, | ἀποκαλυφθήσεται | will be revealed, | |||||
καὶP45 · P75 | nor | καὶ | nor | — | | | — | neque | nor | ܘܠܐ | nor | καὶ | nor | |||||
κρυπτὸνP45 · P75 | hidden | κρυπτὸν | hidden | — | | | — | absconditum | hidden | — | — | κρυπτὸν | hidden | |||||
ὃP45 · P75 | which | ὃ | which | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὃ | which | |||||
οὐP45 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | — | non | not | ܕܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
γνωσθήσεται.P45 · P75 | will be known. | γνωσθήσεται. | will be known. | γνωσθησεται | | | coopertum | sciatur | will be known. | ܢܬܝܕܥ | will be known. | γνωσθήσεται | will be known. | |||||
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