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 | — | | | autem | Et | And | ܘܫܪܝܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αυτοιP75 | they themselves | αὐτοὶ | they themselves | αυτοι | | | ipsi | ipsi | they themselves | ܕܢܥܩܒܘܢ | they themselves | αὐτοὶ | they themselves | |||||
ηρξαντοP75 | began | ἤρξαντο | began | ηρξαντο | | | — | cœperunt | began | — | — | ἤρξαντο | began | |||||
συζητεινP75 | to question | συζητεῖν | to question | — | | | coeperunt | quærere | to question | ܒܝܢܬܗܘܢ | to question | συζητεῖν | to question | |||||
προσP75 | among | πρὸς | among | προς | | | conquirere | inter | among | ܕܡܢܘ | among | πρὸς | among | |||||
εαυτουσP75 | themselves | ἑαυτοὺς | themselves | εαυτους | | | semet | se | themselves | — | — | ἑαυτοὺς | themselves | |||||
τοP75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
τισP75 | who | τίς | who | τις | | | quis | quis | who | ܟܝ | who | τίς | who | |||||
αραP75 | then | ἄρα | then | αρα | | | esset | esset | then | ܡܢܗܘܢ | then | ἄρα | then | |||||
ειηP75 | it would be | εἴη | it would be | ειη | | | ad | ex | it would be | — | — | εἴη | it would be | |||||
εξP75 | of | ἐξ | of | — | | | ipsos | eis | of | ܗܘ | of | ἐξ | of | |||||
αυτωνP75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | — | | | qui | qui | them | ܕܗܕܐ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
οP75 | who | ὁ | who | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||
τουτοP75 | this | τοῦτο | this | — | | | hoc | hoc | this | — | — | τοῦτο | this | |||||
μελλωνP75 | is about | μέλλων | is about | μελλων | | | incipiet | facturus | is about | ܥܬܝܕ | is about | μέλλων | is about | |||||
πρασσεινP75 | to do. | πράσσειν.¶ | to do. | πρασσειν | | | agere | esset | to do. | ܠܡܤܥܪ | to do. | πράσσειν | to do. | |||||
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