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 | ||||||||||||
οστισP75 | who | ὅστις | who | οστις | | | qui | qui | who | ܗܘ | who | ὅστις | who | |||||
ηνP75 | was | ἦν | was | ην | | | erat | erat | was | ܐܝܢܐ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
διαP75 | on account of | διὰ | on account of | δια | | | propter | propter | on account of | ܕܡܛܠ | on account of | διὰ | on account of | |||||
στασινP75 | insurrection | στάσιν | insurrection | στασιν | | | dissensionem | seditionem | insurrection | — | — | στάσιν | insurrection | |||||
τιναP75 | a certain | τινὰ | a certain | τινα | | | quandam | quamdam | a certain | ܐܤܛܤܝܤ | a certain | τινὰ | a certain | |||||
γενομενηνP75 | having been made | γενομένην | having been made | γενομενην | | | factam | factam | having been made | ܕܗܘܬ | having been made | γενομένην | having been made | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܡܕܝܢܬܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τηP75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
πολειP75 | city | πόλει | city | πολει | | | ciuitatem | civitate | city | ܘܩܛܠܐ | city | πόλει | city | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܪܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
φονονP75 | murder | φόνον | murder | φονον | | | homicidium | homicidium | murder | — | — | φόνον | murder | |||||
βληθεισP75 | being cast | βληθεὶς | being cast | — | | | missus | missus | being cast | ܗܘܐ | being cast | βεβλημένος | being cast | |||||
ενP75 | into | ἐν | into | — | | | in | in | into | ܒܝܬ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τηP75 | the | τῇ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | φυλακήν | the | |||||
φυλακηP75 | prison. | φυλακῇ.¶ | prison. | φυλακην | | | carcerem | carcerem | prison. | ܐܤܝܪܐ | prison. | φυλακῇ.¶ | prison. | |||||
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