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 | ||||||||||||
καιP138 · P45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܗܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ιδουP138 · P45 · P75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ειδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
εισινP138 · P45 · P75 | there are | εἰσὶν | there are | εισιν | | | sunt | sunt | there are | ܐܝܬ | there are | εἰσὶν | there are | |||||
εσχατοιP138 · P45 · P75 | last | ἔσχατοι | last | εσχατοι | | | nouissimi | novissimi | last | ܐܚܪܝܐ | last | ἔσχατοι | last | |||||
οιP138 · P45 · P75 | who | οἳ | who | οι | | | qui | — | — | — | — | οἳ | who | |||||
εσονταιP138 · P45 · P75 | will be | ἔσονται | will be | εσονται | | | erunt | erunt | will be | ܕܢܗܘܘܢ | will be | ἔσονται | will be | |||||
πρωτοιP138 · P45 · P75 | first, | πρῶτοι, | first, | πρωτοι | | | primi | primi | first, | ܩܕܡܝܐ | first, | πρῶτοι | first, | |||||
καὶP138 · P45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
εἰσὶνP138 · P45 · P75 | there are | εἰσὶν | there are | εισιν | | | sunt | sunt | there are | ܘܐܝܬ | there are | εἰσὶν | there are | |||||
πρῶτοιP138 · P45 · P75 | first | πρῶτοι | first | πρωτοι | | | primi | primi | first | ܩܕܡܝܐ | first | πρῶτοι | first | |||||
οἳP138 · P45 · P75 | who | οἳ | who | οι | | | qui | — | — | — | — | οἳ | who | |||||
ἔσονταιP138 · P45 · P75 | will be | ἔσονται | will be | εσονται | | | erunt | erunt | will be | ܕܢܗܘܘܢ | will be | ἔσονται | will be | |||||
ἔσχατοι.¶P138 · P45 · P75 | last. | ἔσχατοι.¶ | last. | εσχατοι | | | nouissimi | novissimi | last. | ܐܚܪܝܐ | last. | ἔσχατοι | last. | |||||
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