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 | — | | | et | Et | And | ܗܝܕܝܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αυτοςP141 · P75 | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | — | | | ille | ipse | He himself | ܐܡܪ | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | |||||
ειπενP141 · P75 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܠܗܘܢ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
προςP141 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܝܫܘܥ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτουςP141 · P75 | them; | αὐτούς· | them; | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them; | — | — | αὐτούς | them; | |||||
ωP141 · P75 | O | ὦ | O | ω | | | o | O | O | ܐܘ | O | Ὦ | O | |||||
ανοητοιP141 · P75 | foolish | ἀνόητοι | foolish | ανοητοι | | | — | stulti | foolish | ܚܤܝܪܝ | foolish | ἀνόητοι | foolish | |||||
καιP141 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܪܥܝܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
βραδειςP141 · P75 | slow | βραδεῖς | slow | βραδεις | | | tardi | tardi | slow | ܘܝܩܝܪܝ | slow | βραδεῖς | slow | |||||
τηP141 · P75 | <the> | τῇ | <the> | τη | | | sunt | sunt | <the> | — | — | τῇ | <the> | |||||
καρδιαP141 · P75 | of heart | καρδίᾳ | of heart | καρδια | | | corde | corde | of heart | ܠܒܐ | of heart | καρδίᾳ | of heart | |||||
τουP141 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | profetae | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
πιστευεινP141 · P75 | to believe | πιστεύειν | to believe | — | | | ad | ad | to believe | ܠܡܗܝܡܢܘ | to believe | πιστεύειν | to believe | |||||
επιP141 · P75 | in | ἐπὶ | in | επι | | | — | credendum | in | — | — | ἐπὶ | in | |||||
πασινP141 · P75 | all | πᾶσιν | all | πασιν | | | insensati | in | all | ܒܟܠܗܝܢ | all | πᾶσιν | all | |||||
οιςP141 · P75 | that | οἷς | that | οις | | | omnibus | omnibus | that | ܐܝܠܝܢ | that | οἷς | that | |||||
ελαλησανP141 · P75 | spoke | ἐλάλησαν | spoke | ελαλησαν | | | quibus | quæ | spoke | ܕܡܠܠܘ | spoke | ἐλάλησαν | spoke | |||||
οιP141 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | in | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
προφηταιP141 · P75 | prophets; | προφῆται· | prophets; | προφηται | | | locuti | locuti | prophets; | ܢܒܝܐ | prophets; | προφῆται | prophets; | |||||
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