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 | ||||||||||||
εσταιP45 · P75 | There will be | ἔσονται | There will be | εσονται | | | erunt | erunt | There will be | ܡܢ | There will be | Ἔσονται | There will be | |||||
αποP45 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | autem | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | — | ex | from | ܓܝܪ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
νυνP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | amodo | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | now | νῦν | now | νυν | | | — | hoc | now | ܢܗܘܘܢ | now | νῦν | now | |||||
οικωιP45 · P75 | five | πέντε | five | — | | | quinque | quinque | five | — | — | πέντε | five | |||||
ενιP45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܚܡܫܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
πεντεP45 · P75 | one | ἑνὶ | one | ενι | | | domo | domo | one | ܒܒܝܬܐ | one | οἴκῳ | one | |||||
τρισP45 · P75 | house | οἴκῳ | house | οικω | | | una | una | house | ܚܕ | house | ἑνὶ | house | |||||
διαμεμερισμενοιP45 · P75 | divided, | διαμεμερισμένοι, | divided, | — | | | diuisi | divisi | divided, | ܕܦܠܝܓܝܢ | divided, | διαμεμερισμένοι | divided, | |||||
επιP45 · P75 | three | τρεῖς | three | τρεις | | | tres | tres | three | ܬܠܬܐ | three | τρεῖς | three | |||||
δυσινP45 · P75 | against | ἐπὶ | against | — | | | in | in | against | ܥܠ | against | ἐπὶ | against | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | two | δυσὶν | two | δυσιν | | | duobus | duos | two | — | — | δυσίν | two | |||||
δυοP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܬܪܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
επιP45 · P75 | two | δύο | two | δυο | | | duo | duo | two | ܘܬܪܝܢ | two | δύο | two | |||||
τρισινP45 · P75 | against | ἐπὶ | against | — | | | in | in | against | ܥܠ | against | ἐπὶ | against | |||||
τρισὶνP45 · P75 | three | τρισὶν | three | τρισιν | | | tribus | tres | three | ܬܠܬܐ | three | τρισίν | three | |||||
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