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 | ||||||||||||
ηνP75 | There was | ἦν | There was | ην | | | erat | Erat | There was | ܐܝܬ | There was | Ἦν | There was | |||||
δεP75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
καιP75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܕܝܢ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
επιγραφηP75 | an inscription | ἐπιγραφὴ | an inscription | επιγραφη | | | superscripta | superscriptio | an inscription | — | — | ἐπιγραφὴ | an inscription | |||||
επP75 | written | γεγραμμένη | written | — | | | inscriptio | scripta | written | ܐܦ | written | γεγραμμένη | written | |||||
αυτωP75 | over | ἐπ᾽ | over | επ | | | super | super | over | ܟܬܒܐ | over | ἐπ’ | over | |||||
οP75 | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | eum | eum | Him | ܕܟܬܝܒ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | |||||
βασιλευσP75 | writings | γράμμασιν | writings | γραμμασιν | | | litteris | litteris | writings | ܠܥܠ | writings | γράμμασιν | writings | |||||
τωνP75 | in Greek | Ἑλληνικοῖς | in Greek | ελληνικοις | | | — | græcis | in Greek | — | — | Ἑλληνικοῖς | in Greek | |||||
ιουδαιωP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܡܢܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ουτοσP75 | in Latin | Ῥωμαϊκοῖς | in Latin | ρωμαϊκοις | | | latinis | latinis | in Latin | ܝܘܢܐܝܬ | in Latin | Ῥωμαϊκοῖς | in Latin | |||||
καὶP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܘܪܗܘܡܐܝܬ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
Ἑβραϊκοῖς·P75 | in Hebrew; | Ἑβραϊκοῖς· | in Hebrew; | εβραϊκοις | | | hebraicis | hebraicis | in Hebrew; | ܘܥܒܪܐܝܬ | in Hebrew; | Ἑβραϊκοῖς | in Hebrew; | |||||
ἐστινP75 | is | ἐστιν | is | — | | | hic | Hic | is | — | — | Οὗτός | is | |||||
ὁP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐστιν | the | |||||
βασιλεὺςP75 | King | βασιλεὺς | King | βασιλευς | | | est | est | King | ܗܢܘ | King | ὁ | King | |||||
τῶνP75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | graecis | — | — | — | — | βασιλεὺς | of the | |||||
ἸουδαίωνP75 | Jews | Ἰουδαίων | Jews | ϊουδαιων | | | rex | rex | Jews | ܡܠܟܐ | Jews | τῶν | Jews | |||||
οὗτος.¶P75 | This is. | οὗτος.¶ | This is. | ουτος | | | iudaeorum | Judæorum | This is. | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | This is. | Ἰουδαίων | This is. | |||||
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