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 | ||||||||||||
οP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | ille | Qui | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπενP75 | he said | εἶπεν | he said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | he said | ܕܝܢ | he said | εἶπεν | he said | |||||
αυτωP75 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | — | ei | to Him; | — | — | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
κεP75 | Lord, | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | illi | Domine | Lord, | ܐܡܪ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||
μεταP75 | with | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | tecum | tecum | with | ܠܗ | with | μετὰ | with | |||||
σουP75 | You | σοῦ | You | σου | | | paratus | paratus | You | — | — | σοῦ | You | |||||
ετοιμοσP75 | ready | ἕτοιμός | ready | ετοιμος | | | sum | sum | ready | ܡܪܝ | ready | ἕτοιμός | ready | |||||
ειμιP75 | I am | εἰμι | I am | ειμι | | | dme | — | — | ܥܡܟ | I am | εἰμι | I am | |||||
καιP75 | both | καὶ | both | και | | | et | et | both | ܡܛܝܒ | both | καὶ | both | |||||
εισP75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | — | — | εἰς | to | |||||
φυλακηνP75 | prison | φυλακὴν | prison | φυλακην | | | carcerem | carcerem | prison | ܐܢܐ | prison | φυλακὴν | prison | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܒܝܬ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εισP75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | — | — | εἰς | to | |||||
θανατονP75 | death | θάνατον | death | θανατον | | | mortem | mortem | death | ܐܤܝܪܐ | death | θάνατον | death | |||||
πορευεσθαιP75 | to go. | πορεύεσθαι. | to go. | πορευεσθαι | | | ire | ire | to go. | ܘܠܡܘܬܐ | to go. | πορεύεσθαι | to go. | |||||
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