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 | ||||||||||||
ηP75 | in that | ᾗ | in that | η | | | quo | — | — | — | — | ᾗ | in that | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | — | | | die | die | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
ημεραP75 | day | ἡμέρᾳ | day | ημερα | | | a | autem | day | ܕܢܦܩ | day | ἡμέρᾳ | day | |||||
εξηλθενP75 | went out | ἐξῆλθεν | went out | εξηλθε | | | exiuit | exiit | went out | ܠܘܛ | went out | ἐξῆλθεν | went out | |||||
λωτP75 | Lot | Λὼτ | Lot | λωτ | | | lot | Lot | Lot | — | — | Λὼτ | Lot | |||||
αποP75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | — | a | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
σοδομωνP75 | Sodom, | Σοδόμων, | Sodom, | σοδομων | | | sodomis | Sodomis | Sodom, | ܤܕܘܡ | Sodom, | Σοδόμων | Sodom, | |||||
εβρεξενP75 | it rained | ἔβρεξεν | it rained | εβρεξε | | | pluit | pluit | it rained | ܐܡܛܪ | it rained | ἔβρεξεν | it rained | |||||
πυρP75 | fire | πῦρ | fire | — | | | igne | ignem | fire | ܡܪܝܐ | fire | πῦρ | fire | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܢܘܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
θειονP75 | brimstone | θεῖον | brimstone | θειον | | | sulfur | sulphur | brimstone | ܘܟܒܪܝܬܐ | brimstone | θεῖον | brimstone | |||||
απP75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | — | | | de | de | from | — | — | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
ουρανουP75 | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | — | | | caelo | cælo | heaven | ܡܢ | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܫܡܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
απωλεσεP75 | destroyed | ἀπώλεσεν | destroyed | απωλεσε | | | omnes | omnes | destroyed | ܘܐܘܒܕ | destroyed | ἀπώλεσεν | destroyed | |||||
παντασP75 | all; | πάντας· | all; | παντας | | | perdidit | perdidit | all; | ܠܟܠܗܘܢ | all; | ἅπαντας | all; | |||||
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