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 | ||||||||||||
ενP45 · P75 | In | Ἐν | In | εν | | | in | In | In | ܒܗ | In | Ἐν | In | |||||
αυτηιP45 · P75 | same | αὐτῇ | same | — | | | ipsa | ipsa | same | ܒܗܘ | same | αὐτῇ | same | |||||
τηιP45 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | hora | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
ωραP45 · P75 | hour | ὥρᾳ | hour | ωρα | | | — | die | hour | ܝܘܡܐ | hour | ἡμέρᾳ | hour | |||||
προσηλθονP45 · P75 | came near | προσῆλθάν | came near | προσηλθαν | | | accesserunt | accesserunt | came near | ܩܪܒܘ | came near | προσῆλθόν | came near | |||||
τινεσP45 · P75 | certain | τινες | certain | — | | | quidam | quidam | certain | ܐܢܫܐ | certain | τινες | certain | |||||
φαρεισαιοιP45 · P75 | Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | — | | | pharisaeorum | pharisæorum | Pharisees | ܡܢ | Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | |||||
λεγοντεσP45 · P75 | saying | λέγοντες | saying | — | | | dicentes | dicentes | saying | ܦܪܝܫܐ | saying | λέγοντες | saying | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P75 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | illi | illi | to Him; | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
εξελθεP45 · P75 | do go out | ἔξελθε | do go out | εξελθε | | | exi | Exi | do go out | ܠܗ | do go out | Ἔξελθε | do go out | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܦܘܩ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
πορευουP45 · P75 | do proceed | πορεύου | do proceed | πορευου | | | uade | vade | do proceed | ܙܠ | do proceed | πορεύου | do proceed | |||||
εντευθενP45 · P75 | from here, | ἐντεῦθεν, | from here, | εντευθεν | | | hinc | hinc | from here, | ܠܟ | from here, | ἐντεῦθεν | from here, | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | quia | quia | for | ܡܟܐ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
ηρωδησP45 · P75 | Herod | Ἡρῴδης | Herod | ηρωδης | | | herodes | Herodes | Herod | ܡܛܠ | Herod | Ἡρῴδης | Herod | |||||
σεP45 · P75 | desires | θέλει | desires | — | | | quaeret | vult | desires | ܕܗܪܘܕܤ | desires | θέλει | desires | |||||
θελειP45 · P75 | You | σε | You | σε | | | te | te | You | ܨܒܐ | You | σε | You | |||||
αποκτειναιP45 · P75 | to kill. | ἀποκτεῖναι.¶ | to kill. | αποκτειναι | | | occidere | occidere | to kill. | ܠܡܩܛܠܟ | to kill. | ἀποκτεῖναι | to kill. | |||||
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