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 | ||||||||||||
πρωτονP75 | First | Πρῶτον | First | πρωτον | | | primum | Primum | First | ܠܘܩܕܡ | First | Πρῶτον | First | |||||
δεP75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | a | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
δειP75 | it behooves | δεῖ | it behooves | δι | | | oportet | oportet | it behooves | ܥܬܝܕ | it behooves | δεῖ | it behooves | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | enim | illum | Him | ܗܘ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
πολλαP75 | many things | πολλὰ | many things | πολλα | | | multa | multa | many things | ܕܢܚܫ | many things | πολλὰ | many things | |||||
παθεινP75 | to suffer | παθεῖν | to suffer | παθειν | | | pati | pati | to suffer | — | — | παθεῖν | to suffer | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܤܓܝܐܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αποδοκιμασθηναιP75 | to be rejected | ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι | to be rejected | αποδοκιμασθηναι | | | reprobari | reprobari | to be rejected | ܘܢܤܬܠܐ | to be rejected | ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι | to be rejected | |||||
αποP75 | by | ἀπὸ | by | απο | | | — | a | by | ܡܢ | by | ἀπὸ | by | |||||
τησP75 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
γενεασP75 | generation | γενεᾶς | generation | γενεας | | | generatione | generatione | generation | ܫܪܒܬܐ | generation | γενεᾶς | generation | |||||
ταυτησP75 | this. | ταύτης.¶ | this. | ταυτης | | | hac | hac | this. | ܗܕܐ | this. | ταύτης | this. | |||||
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