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 | ܘܕܢܬܟܪܙ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
κηρυχθηναιP75 | to be proclaimed | κηρυχθῆναι | to be proclaimed | κηρυχθηναι | | | praedicari | prædicari | to be proclaimed | ܒܫܡܗ | to be proclaimed | κηρυχθῆναι | to be proclaimed | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐπὶ | in | επι | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐπὶ | in | |||||
τωP75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ονοματιP75 | name | ὀνόματι | name | ονοματι | | | nomine | nomine | name | ܬܝܒܘܬܐ | name | ὀνόματι | name | |||||
αυτουP75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܠܫܘܒܩܢܐ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
μετανοιανP75 | repentance | μετάνοιαν | repentance | μετανοιαν | | | paenitentiam | pœnitentiam | repentance | — | — | μετάνοιαν | repentance | |||||
εισP75 | to | εἰς | to | — | | | et | et | to | ܕܚܛܗܐ | to | καὶ | to | |||||
αφεσινP75 | forgiveness | ἄφεσιν | forgiveness | αφεσιν | | | remissionem | remissionem | forgiveness | ܒܟܠܗܘܢ | forgiveness | ἄφεσιν | forgiveness | |||||
αμαρτιωνP75 | of sins | ἁμαρτιῶν | of sins | αμαρτιων | | | peccatorum | peccatorum | of sins | ܥܡܡܐ | of sins | ἁμαρτιῶν | of sins | |||||
εισP75 | to | εἰς | to | — | | | super | in | to | — | — | εἰς | to | |||||
πανταP75 | all | πάντα | all | παντα | | | omnes | omnes | all | ܘܫܘܪܝܐ | all | πάντα | all | |||||
ταP75 | <the> | τὰ | <the> | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | |||||
εθνηP75 | nations | ἔθνη | nations | εθνη | | | gentes | gentes | nations | ܢܗܘܐ | nations | ἔθνη | nations | |||||
αρξαμενονP75 | having begun | ἀρξάμενοι | having begun | — | | | incipientium | incipientibus | having begun | — | — | ἀρξάμενον | having begun | |||||
αποP75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | ab | ab | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
ιλημP75 | Jerusalem. | Ἰερουσαλήμ. | Jerusalem. | ϊερουσαλημ | | | hierusalem | Jerosolyma | Jerusalem. | ܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem. | Ἱερουσαλήμ | Jerusalem. | |||||
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