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 | ||||||||||||
ηλθενP75 | Came | Ἦλθεν | Came | ηλθεν | | | uenit | Venit | came | ܘܡܛܝ | Came | Ἦλθεν | Came | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
ηP75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | paschae | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
ημεραP75 | day | ἡμέρα | day | ημερα | | | dies | dies | day | ܕܦܛܝܪܐ | day | ἡμέρα | day | |||||
τωνP75 | <the> | τῶν | <the> | — | | | oportebat | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | |||||
αζυμωνP75 | of Unleavened Bread | ἀζύμων | of Unleavened Bread | — | | | — | azymorum | ? | ܕܒܗ | of Unleavened Bread | ἀζύμων | of Unleavened Bread | |||||
ηP75 | on | ἐν | on | — | | | in | in | in | ܐܝܬ | on | ἐν | on | |||||
εδειP75 | which | ᾗ | which | — | | | qua | — | — | — | — | ᾗ | which | |||||
θυεσθαιP75 | it was necessary for | ἔδει | it was necessary for | — | | | — | necesse | ? | ܥܝܕܐ | it was necessary for | ἔδει | it was necessary for | |||||
τοP75 | to be sacrificed | θύεσθαι | to be sacrificed | — | | | immolari | erat | was | ܕܢܬܢܟܤ | to be sacrificed | θύεσθαι | to be sacrificed | |||||
πασχαP75 | the | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
πάσχα.P75 | Passover lamb. | πάσχα. | Passover lamb. | πασχα | | | pascha | pascha | ? | ܦܨܚܐ | Passover lamb. | Πάσχα | Passover lamb. | |||||
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