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 | ||||||||||||
ευκοπωτερονP75 | Easier for | εὐκοπώτερον | Easier for | ευκοπωτερον | | | facilius | Facilius | Easier for | ܦܫܝܩ | Easier for | Εὐκοπώτερον | Easier for | |||||
δεP75 | however | δέ | however | δε | | | est | est | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | however | |||||
εστιP75 | it is | ἐστιν | it is | εστιν | | | autem | autem | it is | ܕܝܢ | it is | ἐστιν | it is | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | cadere | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
ουρανονP75 | heaven | οὐρανὸν | heaven | ουρανον | | | caelum | cælum | heaven | ܕܫܡܝܐ | heaven | οὐρανὸν | heaven | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܪܥܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τηνP75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
γηνP75 | earth | γῆν | earth | γην | | | terram | terram | earth | ܢܥܒܪܘܢ | earth | γῆν | earth | |||||
παρελθειP75 | to pass away | παρελθεῖν | to pass away | παρελθειν | | | praeterire | præterire | to pass away | ܐܘ | to pass away | παρελθεῖν | to pass away | |||||
ηP75 | than | ἢ | than | η | | | quam | — | — | — | — | ἢ | than | |||||
τουP75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
νομουP75 | law | νόμου | law | νομου | | | de | de | law | ܚܕܐ | law | νόμου | law | |||||
μιανP75 | one | μίαν | one | μιαν | | | lege | lege | one | ܡܢ | one | μίαν | one | |||||
κερεανP75 | stroke of a pen | κεραίαν | stroke of a pen | — | | | unam | unum | stroke of a pen | ܢܡܘܤܐ | stroke of a pen | κεραίαν | stroke of a pen | |||||
πεσεινP75 | to fail. | πεσεῖν.¶ | to fail. | πεσειν | | | apicem | apicem | to fail. | ܬܥܒܪ | to fail. | πεσεῖν | to fail. | |||||
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