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 | ||||||||||||
ηνP45 · P75 | He was | Ἦν | He was | ην | | | erat | Erat | He was | ܟܕ | He was | Ἦν | He was | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
διδασκωνP45 · P75 | teaching | διδάσκων | teaching | διδασκων | | | docens | docens | teaching | ܡܠܦ | teaching | διδάσκων | teaching | |||||
τοισP45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | una | — | — | ܝܫܘܥ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
σαββασινP45 · P75 | one | μιᾷ | one | μια | | | in | in | one | ܒܫܒܬܐ | one | μιᾷ | one | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
μιαP45 · P75 | synagogues | συναγωγῶν | synagogues | συναγωγων | | | synagogis | synagoga | synagogues | ܒܚܕܐ | synagogues | συναγωγῶν | synagogues | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | on | ἐν | on | — | | | — | eorum | on | ܡܢ | on | ἐν | on | |||||
συναγωγωνP45 · P75 | the | τοῖς | the | — | | | de | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | |||||
σάββασιν.P45 · P75 | Sabbaths. | σάββασιν. | Sabbaths. | — | | | sabbato | sabbatis | Sabbaths. | ܟܢܘܫܬܐ | Sabbaths. | σάββασιν | Sabbaths. | |||||
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