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 | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܬܚܙܝ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εφανησανP75 | appeared | ἐφάνησαν | appeared | εφανησαν | | | paruerunt | visa | appeared | ܒܥܝܢܝܗܘܢ | appeared | ἐφάνησαν | appeared | |||||
ενωπιονP75 | before | ἐνώπιον | before | ενωπιον | | | in | sunt | before | — | — | ἐνώπιον | before | |||||
αυτωνP75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | conspectu | ante | them | ܡܠܐ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
ωσειP75 | like | ὡσεὶ | like | ωσει | | | eorum | illos | like | ܗܠܝܢ | like | ὡσεὶ | like | |||||
ληροσP75 | folly | λῆρος | folly | ληρος | | | derisus | sicut | folly | ܐܝܟ | folly | λῆρος | folly | |||||
ταP75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | haec | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
ρηματαP75 | declarations | ῥήματα | declarations | ρηματα | | | uerba | verba | declarations | ܫܢܝܬܐ | declarations | ῥήματα | declarations | |||||
ταυταP75 | of them | ταῦτα | of them | ταυτα | | | — | ista | of them | — | — | αὐτῶν | of them | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηπιστουνP75 | they were not believing | ἠπίστουν | they were not believing | ηπιστουν | | | non | non | they were not believing | ܗܝܡܢܘ | they were not believing | ἠπίστουν | they were not believing | |||||
αυταισP75 | in them. | αὐταῖς.¶ | in them. | αυταις | | | credebant | crediderunt | in them. | ܐܢܝܢ | in them. | αὐταῖς | in them. | |||||
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