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 | ||||||||||||
καιP141 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܟܕ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μηP141 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
ευρουσαιP141 · P75 | having found | εὑροῦσαι | having found | ευρουσαι | | | inuenissent | invento | having found | ܐܫܟܚ | having found | εὑροῦσαι | having found | |||||
τοP141 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | corpus | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
σωμαP141 · P75 | body | σῶμα | body | σωμα | | | eius | ejus | body | ܦܓܪܗ | body | σῶμα | body | |||||
αυτουP141 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | uenerunt | venerunt | of Him | ܐܬܝ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
ηλθονP141 · P75 | they came | ἦλθον | they came | ηλθον | | | dice&nt;es | dicentes | they came | ܐܡܪܢ | they came | ἦλθον | they came | |||||
λεγουσαιP141 · P75 | declaring | λέγουσαι | declaring | λεγουσαι | | | cum | se | declaring | ܠܢ | declaring | λέγουσαι | declaring | |||||
καιP141 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | — | | | — | etiam | also | — | — | καὶ | also | |||||
οπτασιανP141 · P75 | a vision | ὀπτασίαν | a vision | οπτασιαν | | | uisionem | visionem | a vision | ܕܡܠܐܟܐ | a vision | ὀπτασίαν | a vision | |||||
αγγελωνP141 · P75 | of angels | ἀγγέλων | of angels | αγγελων | | | angelorum | angelorum | of angels | ܚܙܝܢ | of angels | ἀγγέλων | of angels | |||||
εωρακεναιP141 · P75 | to have seen | ἑωρακέναι | to have seen | εωρακεναι | | | uidisse | vidisse | to have seen | ܬܡܢ | to have seen | ἑωρακέναι | to have seen | |||||
οιP141 · P75 | who | οἳ | who | οι | | | qui | — | — | — | — | οἳ | who | |||||
λεγουσινP141 · P75 | say | λέγουσιν | say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | dicunt | say | ܥܠܘܗܝ | say | λέγουσιν | say | |||||
αυτονP141 · P75 | He | αὐτὸν | He | αυτον | | | eum | eum | He | ܕܚܝ | He | αὐτὸν | He | |||||
ζηνP141 · P75 | is living. | ζῆν. | is living. | ζην | | | uiuere | vivere | is living. | ܗܘ | is living. | ζῇν | is living. | |||||
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