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 | ||||||||||||
καιP69 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܒܬܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
διαστασησP69 · P75 | when was elapsing | διαστάσης | when was elapsing | — | | | intercesso | intervallo | when was elapsing | ܫܥܐ | when was elapsing | διαστάσης | when was elapsing | |||||
ωσειP69 · P75 | about | ὡσεὶ | about | ωσει | | | hurae | facto | about | — | — | ὡσεὶ | about | |||||
ωρασP69 · P75 | hour | ὥρας | hour | ωρας | | | quasi | quasi | hour | ܚܕܐ | hour | ὥρας | hour | |||||
αλλοσP69 · P75 | one | μιᾶς | one | μιας | | | certabatur | horæ | one | ܐܚܪܢܐ | one | μιᾶς | one | |||||
τισP69 · P75 | other | ἄλλος | other | αλλος | | | unius | unius | other | ܡܬܚܪܐ | other | ἄλλος | other | |||||
διισχυριζετοP69 · P75 | a certain | τις | a certain | τις | | | alius | alius | a certain | ܗܘܐ | a certain | τις | a certain | |||||
λεγωνP69 · P75 | was strongly affirming it | διϊσχυρίζετο | was strongly affirming it | διϊσχυριζετο | | | quis | quidam | was strongly affirming it | — | — | διϊσχυρίζετο | was strongly affirming it | |||||
επP69 · P75 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | — | | | — | affirmabat | saying; | ܘܐܡܪ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||
αληθειασP69 · P75 | Of | ἐπ᾽ | Of | επ | | | dico | dicens | Of | ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ | Of | Ἐπ’ | Of | |||||
καιP69 · P75 | a truth | ἀληθείας | a truth | αληθειας | | | ueritate | Vere | a truth | ܐܦ | a truth | ἀληθείας | a truth | |||||
ουτοσP69 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܗܢܐ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
ηνP69 · P75 | this one | οὗτος | this one | ουτος | | | hic | hic | this one | — | — | οὗτος | this one | |||||
μετP69 · P75 | with | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | cum | cum | with | ܥܡܗ | with | μετ’ | with | |||||
αυτουP69 · P75 | Him | αὐτοῦ | Him | αυτου | | | in | illo | Him | ܗܘܐ | Him | αὐτοῦ | Him | |||||
καιP69 · P75 | was; | ἦν· | was; | ην | | | erat | erat | was; | ܐܦ | was; | ἦν | was; | |||||
γαρP69 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | eo | nam | also | ܓܠܝܠܝܐ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
γαλιλαιοσP69 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | etenim | et | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
εστινP69 · P75 | a Galilean | Γαλιλαῖός | a Galilean | γαλιλαιος | | | galilaeus | Galilæus | a Galilean | ܗܘ | a Galilean | Γαλιλαῖός | a Galilean | |||||
ἐστιν.P69 · P75 | he is. | ἐστιν. | he is. | — | | | est | est | he is. | ܓܝܪ | he is. | ἐστιν | he is. | |||||
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