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 | ||||||||||||
βαπτισμαP45 · P75 | Baptism | βάπτισμα | Baptism | βαπτισμα | | | baptismum | Baptismo | Baptism | ܘܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ | Baptism | Βάπτισμα | Baptism | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
εχωP45 · P75 | I have | ἔχω | I have | εχω | | | abeo | habeo | I have | ܠܝ | I have | ἔχω | I have | |||||
βαπτισθηναιP45 · P75 | to be baptized with | βαπτισθῆναι | to be baptized with | βαπτισθηναι | | | baptizari | baptizari | to be baptized with | ܕܐܥܡܕ | to be baptized with | βαπτισθῆναι | to be baptized with | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
πωσP45 · P75 | how | πῶς | how | πως | | | quomodo | quomodo | how | ܘܤܓܝ | how | πῶς | how | |||||
συνεχομαιP45 · P75 | I am distressed | συνέχομαι | I am distressed | συνεχομαι | | | urguor | coarctor | I am distressed | ܐܠܝܨ | I am distressed | συνέχομαι | I am distressed | |||||
εωσP45 · P75 | until | ἕως | until | εως | | | usque | usque | until | ܐܢܐ | until | ἕως | until | |||||
οτουP45 · P75 | while | ὅτου | while | οτου | | | dum | dum | while | ܥܕܡܐ | while | οὗ | while | |||||
τελεσθηP45 · P75 | it may be accomplished! | τελεσθῇ. | it may be accomplished! | τελεσθη | | | consummetur | perficiatur | it may be accomplished! | ܕܬܫܬܡܠܐ | it may be accomplished! | τελεσθῇ | it may be accomplished! | |||||
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