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 | ||||||||||||
οτιP75 | For | ὅτι | For | οτι | | | quoniam | Quia | For | ܕܐܢ | For | Ὅτι | For | |||||
ειP75 | if | εἰ | if | ει | | | si | si | if | ܒܩܝܤܐ | if | εἰ | if | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
υγρωP75 | green | ὑγρῷ | green | ϋγρω | | | umido | viridi | green | ܪܛܝܒܐ | green | ὑγρῷ | green | |||||
ξυλωP75 | tree | ξύλῳ | tree | ξυλω | | | ligno | ligno | tree | ܗܠܝܢ | tree | ξύλῳ | tree | |||||
ταυταP75 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | — | hæc | these things | — | — | ταῦτα | these things | |||||
ποιουσινP75 | they do, | ποιοῦσιν, | they do, | ποιουσιν | | | faciunt | faciunt | they do, | ܥܒܕܝܢ | they do, | ποιοῦσιν | they do, | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܝܒܝܫܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | haec | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ξηρωP75 | dry | ξηρῷ | dry | ξηρω | | | arido | arido | dry | — | — | ξηρῷ | dry | |||||
τιP75 | what | τί | what | τι | | | quid | quid | what | ܡܢܐ | what | τί | what | |||||
γενηταιP75 | may happen? | γένηται;¶ | may happen? | — | | | fiet | fiet | may happen? | ܢܗܘܐ | may happen? | γένηται | may happen? | |||||
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