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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܝܟܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
καθωσP75 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | sicut | sicut | even as | — | — | καθὼς | even as | |||||
εγενετοP75 | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | εγενετο | | | fuit | factum | it came to pass | ܕܗܘܐ | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | — | est | in | ܒܝܘܡܬܗ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ταισP75 | the | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | hominis | hominis | the | — | — | ταῖς | the | |||||
ημεραισP75 | days | ἡμέραις | days | ημεραις | | | in | in | days | — | — | ἡμέραις | days | |||||
νωεP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Νῶε | <the> | |||||
ουτωσP75 | of Noah, | Νῶε, | of Noah, | νωε | | | diebus | diebus | of Noah, | ܕܢܘܚ | of Noah, | οὕτως | of Noah, | |||||
εσταιP75 | thus | οὕτως | thus | ουτως | | | noe | Noë | thus | ܗܟܢܐ | thus | ἔσται | thus | |||||
καιP75 | will it be | ἔσται | will it be | εσται | | | — | ita | will it be | — | — | καὶ | will it be | |||||
ενP75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | erit | erit | also | ܢܗܘܐ | also | ἐν | also | |||||
ταισP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | et | et | in | ܒܝܘܡܬܗ | in | ταῖς | in | |||||
ημεραισP75 | the | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡμέραις | the | |||||
τουP75 | days | ἡμέραις | days | ημεραις | | | in | in | days | — | — | τοῦ | days | |||||
υιουP75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | υἱοῦ | of the | |||||
τουP75 | Son | υἱοῦ | Son | ϋιου | | | diebus | diebus | Son | ܕܒܪܗ | Son | τοῦ | Son | |||||
ανουP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | sic | — | — | — | — | ἀνθρώπου | <the> | |||||
ἀνθρώπου·P75 | of man: | ἀνθρώπου· | of man: | ανθρωπου | | | fili | Filii | of man: | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of man: | ἀνθρώπου· | of man: | |||||
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