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 | ܘܒܟܠܙܒܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ησανP75 | were | ἦσαν | were | ησαν | | | erant | erant | were | ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ | were | ἦσαν | were | |||||
διαP75 | through | διὰ | through | δια | | | semper | semper | through | — | — | διὰ | through | |||||
παντοσP75 | all times | παντὸς | all times | παντος | | | in | in | all times | ܗܘܘ | all times | παντὸς | all times | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | templo | templo | in | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | dm | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ιερωP75 | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | ϊερω | | | — | — | — | ܟܕ | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | |||||
ευλογουντεσP75 | praising | αἰνοῦντες | praising | αινουντες | | | laudantes | laudantes | praising | ܡܫܒܚܝܢ | praising | αἰνοῦντες | praising | |||||
τονP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
θνP75 | blessing | εὐλογοῦντες | blessing | — | | | — | benedicentes | blessing | ܘܡܒܪܟܝܢ | blessing | εὐλογοῦντες | blessing | |||||
τὸνP75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
θεόν.P75 | God. | θεόν. | God. | θν | | | — | Deum | God. | ܠܐܠܗܐ | God. | θεόν | God. | |||||
ἀμήν¶P75 | Amen | ἀμήν¶ | Amen | — | | | — | Amen | Amen | ܐܡܝܢ | Amen | Ἀμήν | Amen | |||||
| Next Fragment: John 1:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||