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 | ||||||||||||
ημεραιP4 | It came to pass | Ἐγένετο | It came to pass | — | | | aduenirent | Factum | It came to pass | ܘܗܘܐ | It came to pass | Ἐγένετο | It came to pass | |||||
τουP4 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | — | est | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
τεκεινP4 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | autem | autem | in | ܕܟܕ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
αυτηνP4 | their | τῷ | their | — | | | pariret | — | — | — | — | τῷ | their | |||||
εἶναιP4 | being | εἶναι | being | — | | | cum | cum | being | ܬܡܢ | being | εἶναι | being | |||||
αὐτοὺςP4 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | — | | | — | essent | them | — | — | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
ἐκεῖP4 | there | ἐκεῖ | there | — | | | — | ibi | there | ܐܢܘܢ | there | ἐκεῖ | there | |||||
ἐπλήσθησανP4 | were fulfilled | ἐπλήσθησαν | were fulfilled | — | | | — | impleti | were fulfilled | ܐܬܡܠܝܘ | were fulfilled | ἐπλήσθησαν | were fulfilled | |||||
αἱP4 | the | αἱ | the | αι | | | — | — | — | — | — | αἱ | the | |||||
ἡμέραιP4 | days | ἡμέραι | days | ημεραι | | | sunt | sunt | days | — | — | ἡμέραι | days | |||||
τοῦP4 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | consummati | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
τεκεῖνP4 | giving birth | τεκεῖν | giving birth | τεκειν | | | dies | dies | giving birth | ܝܘܡܬܗ | giving birth | τεκεῖν | giving birth | |||||
αὐτήν,P4 | of her, | αὐτήν, | of her, | αυτην | | | ut | ut | of her, | ܕܬܐܠܕ | of her, | αὐτήν | of her, | |||||
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