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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܩܠܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
φωνηP45 · P75 | a voice | φωνὴ | a voice | φωνη | | | uox | vox | a voice | ܗܘܐ | a voice | φωνὴ | a voice | |||||
εγενετοP45 · P75 | came | ἐγένετο | came | — | | | uenit | facta | came | — | — | ἐγένετο | came | |||||
εκP45 · P75 | out of | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | est | est | out of | ܡܢ | out of | ἐκ | out of | |||||
τησP45 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | audite | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
νεφελησP45 · P75 | cloud | νεφέλης | cloud | νεφελης | | | de | de | cloud | ܥܢܢܐ | cloud | νεφέλης | cloud | |||||
ουτοσP45 · P75 | saying; | λέγουσα· | saying; | λεγουσα | | | nube | nube | saying; | ܕܐܡܪ | saying; | λέγουσα | saying; | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | This | οὗτός | This | ουτος | | | dicens | dicens | This | — | — | Οὗτός | This | |||||
οP45 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | hic | Hic | is | ܗܢܘ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
υσP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | in | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
μουP45 · P75 | Son | υἱός | Son | ϋιος | | | quo | est | Son | ܒܪܝ | Son | υἱός | Son | |||||
οP45 · P75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | filius | Filius | of Mine | ܚܒܝܒܐ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
εκλελεγμενοσP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | sensi | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | chosen, | ἐκλελεγμένος, | chosen, | — | | | meus | meus | chosen, | — | — | ἀγαπητός | chosen, | |||||
ακουετεP45 · P75 | to Him | αὐτοῦ | to Him | — | | | dilectus | dilectus | to Him | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτοῦ | to Him | |||||
ἀκούετε.¶P45 · P75 | do listen. | ἀκούετε.¶ | do listen. | ακουετε | | | — | ipsum | do listen. | ܫܡܥܘ | do listen. | ἀκούετε | do listen. | |||||
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