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 | ||||||||||||
οιP45 · P75 | Those | οἳ | Those | — | | | uisi | — | — | — | — | οἳ | Those | |||||
οφθεντεσP45 · P75 | having appeared | ὀφθέντες | having appeared | οφθεντες | | | in | in | having appeared | ܒܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ | having appeared | ὀφθέντες | having appeared | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | gloria | majestate | in | ܐܡܪܝܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
δοξηιP45 · P75 | glory | δόξῃ | glory | δοξη | | | autem | et | glory | ܗܘܘ | glory | δόξῃ | glory | |||||
ελεγονP45 · P75 | were speaking of | ἔλεγον | were speaking of | ελεγον | | | dicebant | dicebant | were speaking of | ܕܝܢ | were speaking of | ἔλεγον | were speaking of | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | exitum | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
εξοδονP45 · P75 | going out | ἔξοδον | going out | εξοδον | | | — | excessum | going out | — | — | ἔξοδον | going out | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܥܠ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
ηνP45 · P75 | which | ἣν | which | ην | | | quem | quem | which | ܡܦܩܢܗ | which | ἣν | which | |||||
εμελλονP45 · P75 | He was soon | ἤμελλεν | He was soon | — | | | conplere | completurus | He was soon | ܕܥܬܝܕ | He was soon | ἔμελλεν | He was soon | |||||
πληρουνP45 · P75 | to accomplish | πληροῦν | to accomplish | πληρουν | | | in | erat | to accomplish | ܗܘܐ | to accomplish | πληροῦν | to accomplish | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | incipit | in | in | ܕܢܫܬܠܡ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ιερουσαλημP45 · P75 | Jerusalem. | Ἰερουσαλήμ. | Jerusalem. | ϊερουσαλημ | | | hierusalem | Jerusalem | Jerusalem. | ܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem. | Ἱερουσαλήμ | Jerusalem. | |||||
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