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 | ܘܐܡܪܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ειπανP75 | said | εἶπαν | said | ειπαν | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | said | ܫܠܝܚܐ | said | εἶπον | said | |||||
οιP75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | dmo | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
αποστολοιP75 | apostles | ἀπόστολοι | apostles | αποστολοι | | | apostoli | apostoli | apostles | ܠܡܪܢ | apostles | ἀπόστολοι | apostles | |||||
τωP75 | to the | τῷ | to the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | |||||
κωP75 | Lord; | κυρίῳ· | Lord; | κω | | | — | Domino | Lord; | — | — | κυρίῳ | Lord; | |||||
προσθενP75 | do add | πρόσθες | do add | προσθες | | | adde | Adauge | do add | ܐܘܤܦ | do add | Πρόσθες | do add | |||||
ημινP75 | to us | ἡμῖν | to us | ημειν | | | nobis | nobis | to us | ܠܢ | to us | ἡμῖν | to us | |||||
πιστινP75 | faith! | πίστιν. | faith! | πιστιν | | | fidem | fidem | faith! | ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ | faith! | πίστιν | faith! | |||||
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