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 | ||||||||||||
εγενετοP75 | There was | Ἐγένετο | There was | εγενετο | | | facta | Facta | There was | ܗܘܐ | There was | Ἐγένετο | There was | |||||
καιP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | est | est | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
φιλονικιαP75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | autem | autem | also | — | — | καὶ | also | |||||
ενP75 | a dispute | φιλονεικία | a dispute | φιλονικεια | | | et | et | a dispute | ܐܦ | a dispute | φιλονεικία | a dispute | |||||
αυτοισP75 | among | ἐν | among | εν | | | contentio | contentio | among | ܚܪܝܢܐ | among | ἐν | among | |||||
τοP75 | them, | αὐτοῖς, | them, | αυτοις | | | in | inter | them, | ܒܝܢܬܗܘܢ | them, | αὐτοῖς | them, | |||||
τισP75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | eis | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
αυτωνP75 | which | τίς | which | τις | | | quisnam | quis | which | ܕܡܢ | which | τίς | which | |||||
δοκειP75 | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | — | | | — | eorum | of them | — | — | αὐτῶν | of them | |||||
ειναιP75 | is thought | δοκεῖ | is thought | — | | | — | videretur | is thought | ܐܝܬ | is thought | δοκεῖ | is thought | |||||
μειζωνP75 | to be | εἶναι | to be | — | | | esset | esse | to be | ܒܗܘܢ | to be | εἶναι | to be | |||||
μείζων.P75 | the greatest. | μείζων. | the greatest. | μειζων | | | maior | major | the greatest. | ܕܪܒ | the greatest. | μείζων | the greatest. | |||||
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