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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
εγενετοP4 · P75 | It came to pass | Ἐγένετο | It came to pass | εγενετο | | | factum | Factum | It came to pass | ܗܘܐ | It came to pass | Ἐγένετο | It came to pass | |||||
δεP4 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | est | est | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ενP4 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | autem | autem | in | ܟܕ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP4 · P75 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | esset | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
βαπτισθηναιP4 · P75 | baptizing | βαπτισθῆναι | baptizing | βαπτισθηναι | | | cum | cum | baptizing | ܥܡܕ | baptizing | βαπτισθῆναι | baptizing | |||||
πανταP4 · P75 | all | ἅπαντα | all | απαντα | | | baptizato | baptizaretur | all | ܟܠܗ | all | ἅπαντα | all | |||||
τονP4 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
λαονP4 · P75 | people | λαὸν | people | λαον | | | omnis | omnis | people | ܥܡܐ | people | λαόν | people | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | populus | populus | and | ܘܐܦ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιυP4 · P75 | when Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | when Jesus | ιηυ | | | et | et | when Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | when Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | when Jesus | |||||
βαπτισθεντοσP4 · P75 | having been baptized | βαπτισθέντος | having been baptized | βαπτισθεντος | | | ihu | Jesu | having been baptized | ܥܡܕ | having been baptized | βαπτισθέντος | having been baptized | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | baptizatus | baptizato | and | ܘܟܕ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
προσευχομενουP4 · P75 | having prayed | προσευχομένου | having prayed | προσευχομενου | | | et | et | having prayed | ܡܨܠܐ | having prayed | προσευχομένου | having prayed | |||||
ανεωχθηναιP4 · P75 | was opening | ἀνεῳχθῆναι | was opening | — | | | orante | orante | was opening | ܐܬܦܬܚܘ | was opening | ἀνεῳχθῆναι | was opening | |||||
τονP4 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | caelum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
ουρανονP4 · P75 | heaven | οὐρανὸν | heaven | ουρανον | | | aperiri | apertum | heaven | ܫܡܝܐ | heaven | οὐρανόν | heaven | |||||
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