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 | ||||||||||||
ισP4 · P7 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
δεP4 · P7 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
πληρησP4 · P7 · P75 | full | πλήρης | full | πληρης | | | plenus | plenus | ? | ܟܕ | full | πνεύματος | full | |||||
πνοσP4 · P7 · P75 | of the Spirit | πνεύματος | of the Spirit | — | | | spiritu | Spiritu | ? | — | — | ἁγίου | of the Spirit | |||||
αγιουP4 · P7 · P75 | Holy | ἁγίου | Holy | αγιου | | | sancto | Sancto | ? | ܡܠܐ | Holy | πλήρης | Holy | |||||
υπεστρεψενP4 · P7 · P75 | returned | ὑπέστρεψεν | returned | ϋπεστρεψεν | | | spu | regressus | ? | ܪܘܚܐ | returned | ὑπέστρεψεν | returned | |||||
αποP4 · P7 · P75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | est | est | is | ܕܩܘܕܫܐ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
τουP4 · P7 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | deserto | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
ιορδανουP4 · P7 · P75 | Jordan | Ἰορδάνου | Jordan | ϊορδανου | | | ab | a | from | ܗܦܟ | Jordan | Ἰορδάνου | Jordan | |||||
καιP4 · P7 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | iordanen | Jordane | ? | ܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηγετοP4 · P7 · P75 | was led | ἤγετο | was led | ηγετο | | | et | et | and | ܝܘܪܕܢܢ | was led | ἤγετο | was led | |||||
ενP4 · P7 · P75 | by | ἐν | by | εν | | | — | agebatur | ? | — | — | ἐν | by | |||||
τωP4 · P7 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | reuersus | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
πνιP4 · P7 · P75 | Spirit | πνεύματι | Spirit | πνευματι | | | ducebatur | a | from | ܘܕܒܪܬܗ | Spirit | πνεύματι | Spirit | |||||
ενP4 · P7 · P75 | into | ἐν | into | εν | | | — | Spiritu | ? | ܪܘܚܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τηP4 · P7 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | in | in | in | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
ερημωP4 · P7 · P75 | wilderness | ἐρήμῳ | wilderness | ερημω | | | in | desertum | ? | ܠܚܘܪܒܐ | wilderness | ἔρημον | wilderness | |||||
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