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 | ||||||||||||
επειδηP45 · P75 | And since | Ἐπειδὴ | And since | — | | | cum | Cum | And since | ܘܟܕ | And since | Ἐπεὶ | And since | |||||
επληρωσενP45 · P75 | He had completed | ἐπλήρωσεν | He had completed | — | | | et | autem | He had completed | ܫܠܡ | He had completed | δὲ | He had completed | |||||
πανταP45 · P75 | all | πάντα | all | — | | | — | implesset | all | — | — | ἐπλήρωσεν | all | |||||
ταP45 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | factum | — | — | — | — | πάντα | the | |||||
ρηματαP45 · P75 | declarations | ῥήματα | declarations | ρηματα | | | omnia | omnia | declarations | ܡܠܐ | declarations | τὰ | declarations | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | — | | | uerba | verba | of Him | ܟܠܗܝܢ | of Him | ῥήματα | of Him | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | est | sua | in | ܠܡܫܡܥܬܗ | in | αὐτοῦ | in | |||||
τασP45 · P75 | the | τὰς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | εἰς | the | |||||
ακοασP45 · P75 | hearing | ἀκοὰς | hearing | — | | | consummasset | in | hearing | ܕܥܡܐ | hearing | τὰς | hearing | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀκοὰς | of the | |||||
λαουP45 · P75 | people, | λαοῦ, | people, | — | | | loquens | aures | people, | — | — | τοῦ | people, | |||||
εισηλθενP45 · P75 | He entered | εἰσῆλθεν | He entered | — | | | uenit | plebis | He entered | ܥܠ | He entered | λαοῦ | He entered | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | — | | | — | intravit | into | ܝܫܘܥ | into | εἰσῆλθεν | into | |||||
καφαρναουμP45 · P75 | Capernaum. | Καφαρναούμ. | Capernaum. | καφαρναουμ | | | cafarnaum | Capharnaum | Capernaum. | ܠܟܦܪܢܚܘܡ | Capernaum. | εἰς | Capernaum. | |||||
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