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 | ||||||||||||
εστωσανP45 · P75 | should be | Ἔστωσαν | should be | εστω | | | sit | Sint | should be | ܢܗܘܘܢ | should be | Ἔστωσαν | should be | |||||
υμωνP45 · P75 | your | ὑμῶν | your | ϋμων | | | lumbus | lumbi | your | — | — | ὑμῶν | your | |||||
αιP45 · P75 | <the> | αἱ | <the> | — | | | uester | — | — | — | — | αἱ | <the> | |||||
οσφυεσP45 · P75 | waist | ὀσφύες | waist | — | | | — | præcincti | waist | ܐܤܝܪܝܢ | waist | ὀσφύες | waist | |||||
περιεζωσμεναιP45 · P75 | girded | περιεζωσμέναι | girded | — | | | et | et | girded | ܚܨܝܟܘܢ | girded | περιεζωσμέναι | girded | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | lucernae | lucernæ | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
οιP45 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | ardentes | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
λυχνοιP45 · P75 | lamps | λύχνοι | lamps | — | | | — | in | lamps | ܘܡܢܗܪܝܢ | lamps | λύχνοι | lamps | |||||
καιομενοιP45 · P75 | burning, | καιόμενοι, | burning, | καιομενοι | | | cinctus | manibus | burning, | ܫܪܓܝܟܘܢ | burning, | καιόμενοι | burning, | |||||
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