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 | ||||||||||||
ησθιονP75 | They were eating, | ἤσθιον, | They were eating, | ησθιον | | | edebant | edebant | They were eating, | ܕܐܟܠܝܢ | They were eating, | Ἤσθιον | They were eating, | |||||
επεινονP75 | were drinking, | ἔπινον, | were drinking, | επινον | | | et | et | were drinking, | ܗܘܘ | were drinking, | ἔπινον | were drinking, | |||||
εγαμουνP75 | were marrying, | ἐγάμουν, | were marrying, | εγαμουν | | | bibebant | bibebant | were marrying, | ܘܫܬܝܢ | were marrying, | ἐγάμουν | were marrying, | |||||
εγαμιζοντοP75 | were being given in marriage, | ἐγαμίζοντο, | were being given in marriage, | εγαμιζοντο | | | nubebant | uxores | were being given in marriage, | ܘܢܤܒܝܢ | were being given in marriage, | ἐξεγαμίζοντο | were being given in marriage, | |||||
αχριP75 | until | ἄχρι | until | αχρι | | | nubebantur | ducebant | until | ܢܫܐ | until | ἄχρι | until | |||||
ησP75 | that | ἧς | that | ης | | | et | et | that | ܘܝܗܒܝܢ | that | ἧς | that | |||||
ημερασP75 | day | ἡμέρας | day | ημερας | | | quo | dabantur | day | ܠܓܒܪܐ | day | ἡμέρας | day | |||||
εισηλθενP75 | entered | εἰσῆλθεν | entered | εισηλθεν | | | — | ad | entered | ܥܕܡܐ | entered | εἰσῆλθεν | entered | |||||
νωεP75 | Noah | Νῶε | Noah | νωε | | | fuit | nuptias | Noah | ܠܝܘܡܐ | Noah | Νῶε | Noah | |||||
εισP75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | usque | usque | into | ܕܥܠ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τηνP75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | in | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
κιβωτονP75 | ark, | κιβωτόν, | ark, | κιβωτον | | | diem | diem | ark, | ܢܘܚ | ark, | κιβωτόν | ark, | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | dilubium | qua | and | ܠܟܘܝܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηλθενP75 | came | ἦλθεν | came | — | | | introiit | intravit | came | ܘܐܬܐ | came | ἦλθεν | came | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | noe | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
κατακλυσμοσP75 | flood | κατακλυσμὸς | flood | κατακλυσμος | | | in | in | flood | ܛܘܦܢܐ | flood | κατακλυσμός | flood | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | arcam | arcam | and | ܘܐܘܒܕ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
απωλεσενP75 | destroyed | ἀπώλεσεν | destroyed | απωλεσεν | | | perdidit | et | destroyed | ܠܟܠ | destroyed | ἀπώλεσεν | destroyed | |||||
παντασP75 | all. | πάντας. | all. | παντας | | | omnes | venit | all. | ܐܢܫ | all. | ἅπαντας | all. | |||||
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