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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܢܗܘܝܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἔσονται | there will be | εσονται | | | erunt | erunt | there will be | ܐܬܘܬܐ | there will be | ἔσται | there will be | ||||||
| — | σημεῖα | signs | σημεια | | | signa | signa | signs | — | — | σημεῖα | signs | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܫܡܫܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ἡλίῳ | sun | ηλιω | | | sole | sole | sun | ܘܒܤܗܪܐ | sun | ἡλίῳ | sun | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | σελήνῃ | moon | σεληνη | | | luna | luna | moon | ܘܒܟܘܟܒܐ | moon | σελήνῃ | moon | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܒܐܪܥܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἄστροις, | stars, | αστροις | | | sideribus | stellis | stars, | — | — | ἄστροις | stars, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܘܠܨܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | in | in | upon | ܕܥܡܡܐ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | super | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | γῆς | earth | γης | | | terram | terris | earth | — | — | γῆς | earth | ||||||
| — | συνοχὴ | distress | συνοχη | | | aporia | pressura | distress | ܘܦܘܫܟ | distress | συνοχὴ | distress | ||||||
| — | ἐθνῶν | of nations | εθνων | | | gentium | gentium | of nations | ܐܝܕܝܐ | of nations | ἐθνῶν | of nations | ||||||
| — | ἐν | with | — | | | et | præ | with | — | — | ἐν | with | ||||||
| — | ἀπορίᾳ | perplexity | — | | | conflictio | confusione | perplexity | ܡܢ | perplexity | ἀπορίᾳ | perplexity | ||||||
| — | ἤχους | the sound | — | | | sonante | sonitus | the sound | ܬܘܗܬܐ | the sound | ἠχούσης | the sound | ||||||
| — | θαλάσσης | of the sea | — | | | mare | maris | of the sea | — | — | θαλάσσης | of the sea | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܩܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | σάλου | rolling surge | σαλου | | | salo | fluctuum | rolling surge | ܕܝܡܐ | rolling surge | σάλου | rolling surge | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||