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 | ||||||||||||
οιP75 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | illi | illi | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
αποκρινθεντεσP75 | answering | ἀποκριθέντες | answering | αποκριθεντες | | | respondentes | responderunt | answering | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | answering | ἀποκριθέντες | answering | |||||
ειπανP75 | they said; | εἶπαν· | they said; | ειπαν | | | — | et | they said; | ܠܗ | they said; | εἶπον | they said; | |||||
ιωανηνP75 | John | Ἰωάννην | John | — | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | John | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | iohanen | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
βαπτιστηνP75 | Baptist, | βαπτιστήν, | Baptist, | βαπτιστην | | | baptistam | Baptistam | Baptist, | ܡܥܡܕܢܐ | Baptist, | βαπτιστήν | Baptist, | |||||
αλλοιP75 | others | ἄλλοι | others | αλλοι | | | alii | alii | others | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | others | ἄλλοι | others | |||||
δεP75 | also | δὲ | also | δε | | | autem | autem | also | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | also | |||||
ηλειανP75 | Elijah, | Ἠλίαν, | Elijah, | ηλειαν | | | — | Eliam | Elijah, | ܐܚܪܢܐ | Elijah, | Ἠλίαν | Elijah, | |||||
αλλοιP75 | others | ἄλλοι | others | — | | | — | alii | others | ܕܝܢ | others | ἄλλοι | others | |||||
δεP75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | helian | vero | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
οτιP75 | that | ὅτι | that | — | | | — | quia | that | ܚܕ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
προφητησP75 | a prophet | προφήτης | a prophet | — | | | unum | unus | a prophet | ܡܢ | a prophet | Προφήτης | a prophet | |||||
τισP75 | one | τις | one | — | | | profetis | propheta | one | ܢܒܝܐ | one | τις | one | |||||
τωνP75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | aut | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
αρχαιωνP75 | ancients | ἀρχαίων | ancients | — | | | — | prioribus | ancients | ܩܕܡܝܐ | ancients | ἀρχαίων | ancients | |||||
ανεστηP75 | has arisen. | ἀνέστη. | has arisen. | — | | | ex | surrexit | has arisen. | ܩܡ | has arisen. | ἀνέστη | has arisen. | |||||
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