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 | ||||||||||||
ηνP75 | Was | Ἦν | Was | ην | | | erat | Erat | was | ܗܘ | Was | Ἦν | Was | |||||
δεP75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | chori | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
υιοσP75 | son | υἱὸς | son | ϋιος | | | filius | filius | son | ܒܪܗ | son | υἱὸς | son | |||||
αυτουP75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | ? | ܩܫܝܫܐ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | uilla | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πρεσβυτεροσP75 | elder | πρεσβύτερος | elder | πρεσβυτερος | | | senior | senior | ? | ܒܩܪܝܬܐ | elder | πρεσβύτερος | elder | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܗܘܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
αγρωP75 | the field. | ἀγρῷ. | the field. | αγρω | | | — | agro | ? | ܘܟܕ | the field. | ἀγρῷ | the field. | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ωσP75 | while | ὡς | while | — | | | autem | cum | when/with | ܐܬܐ | while | ὡς | while | |||||
ερχομενοσP75 | coming up | ἐρχόμενος | coming up | — | | | ueniens | veniret | ? | ܘܩܪܒ | coming up | ἐρχόμενος | coming up | |||||
ηγγισενP75 | he drew near | ἤγγισεν | he drew near | — | | | et | et | and | ܠܘܬ | he drew near | ἤγγισεν | he drew near | |||||
τηP75 | to the | τῇ | to the | τη | | | — | appropinquaret | ? | — | — | τῇ | to the | |||||
οικιαP75 | house, | οἰκίᾳ, | house, | οικεια | | | proximans | domui | ? | ܒܝܬܐ | house, | οἰκίᾳ | house, | |||||
ηκουσενP75 | he heard | ἤκουσεν | he heard | ηκουσεν | | | domui | audivit | heard | ܫܡܥ | he heard | ἤκουσεν | he heard | |||||
συμφωνιασP75 | music | συμφωνίας | music | — | | | audiuit | symphoniam | ? | ܩܠ | music | συμφωνίας | music | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܙܡܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
χορωνP75 | dancing. | χορῶν. | dancing. | χορων | | | synfoniae | chorum | ? | ܕܤܓܝܐܐ | dancing. | χορῶν | dancing. | |||||
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