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 | ||||||||||||
προσεθηκενP4 · P75 | added | προσέθηκεν | added | προσεθηκεν | | | adiecit | adjecit | added | ܐܘܤܦ | added | προσέθηκεν | added | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | yet | καὶ | yet | και | | | et | et | yet | ܐܦ | yet | καὶ | yet | |||||
τουτοP4 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | hoc | hoc | this | ܗܕܐ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
επιP4 · P75 | to | ἐπὶ | to | επι | | | iohanen | super | to | ܥܠ | to | ἐπὶ | to | |||||
πασινP4 · P75 | all: | πᾶσιν· | all: | πασιν | | | omnibus | omnia | all: | — | — | πᾶσιν | all: | |||||
κατεκλεισενP4 · P75 | Also | καὶ | Also | — | | | — | et | Also | ܟܠܗܝܢ | Also | καὶ | Also | |||||
τονP4 · P75 | he locked up | κατέκλεισεν | he locked up | — | | | in | inclusit | he locked up | ܘܚܒܫܗ | he locked up | κατέκλεισεν | he locked up | |||||
ιωαννηνP4 · P75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ενP4 · P75 | John | Ἰωάννην | John | — | | | — | Joannem | John | ܠܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | |||||
φυλακηP4 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | inclusit | in | in | ܒܝܬ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τῇP4 · P75 | <the> | τῇ | <the> | — | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | |||||
φυλακῇ.¶P4 · P75 | prison. | φυλακῇ.¶ | prison. | φυλακη | | | carcare | carcere | prison. | ܐܤܝܪܐ | prison. | φυλακῇ | prison. | |||||
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