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 | ܘܫܪܝ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αρξαμενοςP141 · P75 | having begun | ἀρξάμενος | having begun | αρξαμενος | | | incipiens | incipiens | having begun | ܗܘܐ | having begun | ἀρξάμενος | having begun | |||||
αποP141 · P75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | a | a | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
μωυσεωςP141 · P75 | Moses | Μωϋσέως | Moses | — | | | mosen | Moyse | Moses | ܡܘܫܐ | Moses | Μωσέως | Moses | |||||
καιP141 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αποP141 · P75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | — | | | omnium | omnibus | from | ܟܠܗܘܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
παντωνP141 · P75 | all | πάντων | all | παντων | | | propheetarum | prophetis | all | ܢܒܝܐ | all | πάντων | all | |||||
τωνP141 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | erat | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
προφητωνP141 · P75 | Prophets | προφητῶν | Prophets | προφητων | | | interpraetari | interpretabatur | Prophets | ܘܡܦܫܩ | Prophets | προφητῶν | Prophets | |||||
διερμηνευσενP141 · P75 | He interpreted | διερμήνευσεν | He interpreted | — | | | illis | illis | He interpreted | ܗܘܐ | He interpreted | διηρμήνευεν | He interpreted | |||||
αυτοιςP141 · P75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | in | in | to them | ܠܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
ενP141 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | — | omnibus | in | ܥܠ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
πασαιςP141 · P75 | all | πάσαις | all | — | | | scripturis | scripturis | all | ܢܦܫܗ | all | πάσαις | all | |||||
ταιςP141 · P75 | the | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | — | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | |||||
γραφαιςP141 · P75 | Scriptures | γραφαῖς | Scriptures | γραφαις | | | — | quæ | Scriptures | ܡܢ | Scriptures | γραφαῖς | Scriptures | |||||
ταP141 · P75 | the things | τὰ | the things | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the things | |||||
περιP141 · P75 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܟܠܗܘܢ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | |||||
εαυτουP141 · P75 | of Himself. | ἑαυτοῦ. | of Himself. | — | | | eo | ipso | of Himself. | ܟܬܒܐ | of Himself. | ἑαυτοῦ | of Himself. | |||||
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