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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | erat | Erat | And | ܐܝܬ | And | Ἦν | And | |||||
ηνP75 | it was | ἦν | it was | ην | | | sicut | autem | it was | ܗܘܝ | it was | δὲ | it was | |||||
ηδηP75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | — | fere | now | ܕܝܢ | but | ὡσεὶ | now | |||||
ωσειP75 | already | ἤδη | already | — | | | hora | hora | already | ܐܝܟ | already | ὥρα | already | |||||
ωραP75 | about | ὡσεὶ | about | ωσει | | | sexta | sexta | about | — | — | ἕκτη | about | |||||
εκτηP75 | the hour | ὥρα | the hour | ωρα | | | et | et | the hour | ܫܥܐ | the hour | καὶ | the hour | |||||
καιP75 | sixth, | ἕκτη, | sixth, | εκτη | | | tenebrae | tenebræ | sixth, | ܫܬ | sixth, | σκότος | sixth, | |||||
σκοτοσP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | factae | factæ | and | ܘܗܘܐ | and | ἐγένετο | and | |||||
εγενετοP75 | darkness | σκότος | darkness | σκοτος | | | sunt | sunt | darkness | ܚܫܘܟܐ | darkness | ἐφ’ | darkness | |||||
εφP75 | came | ἐγένετο | came | εγενετο | | | in | in | came | ܥܠ | came | ὅλην | came | |||||
οληP75 | over | ἐφ᾽ | over | εφ | | | et | universam | over | ܟܠܗ | over | τὴν | over | |||||
τηνP75 | all | ὅλην | all | ολην | | | terram | terram | all | — | — | γῆν | all | |||||
γηνP75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἕως | the | |||||
εωσP75 | land | γῆν | land | γην | | | usque | usque | land | ܐܪܥܐ | land | ὥρας | land | |||||
ωρασP75 | until | ἕως | until | εως | | | totam | ad | until | ܥܕܡܐ | until | ἐνάτης | until | |||||
ενατησP75 | the hour | ὥρας | the hour | ωρας | | | hora | horam | the hour | ܠܬܫܥ | the hour | ὥρας | the hour | |||||
ἐνάτηςP75 | ninth | ἐνάτης | ninth | ενατης | | | nona | nonam | ninth | ܫܥܝܢ | ninth | ἐννάτης | ninth | |||||
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