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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܠܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ουκP45 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܩܒܠܘܗܝ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
εδεξαντοP45 · P75 | they did receive | ἐδέξαντο | they did receive | εδεξαντο | | | susceperunt | receperunt | they did receive | — | — | ἐδέξαντο | they did receive | |||||
αυτονP45 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܡܛܠ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | quia | quia | because | ܕܦܪܨܘܦܗ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | uultus | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
προσωπονP45 · P75 | face | πρόσωπον | face | προσωπον | | | — | facies | face | — | — | πρόσωπον | face | |||||
ηνP45 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | was as | ἦν | was as | ην | | | erat | erat | was as | ܤܝܡ | was as | ἦν | was as | |||||
πορευομενουP45 · P75 | going | πορευόμενον | going | πορευομενον | | | iens | euntis | going | — | — | πορευόμενον | going | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | toward | εἰς | toward | εις | | | in | in | toward | ܗܘܐ | toward | εἰς | toward | |||||
ιερουσαλημP45 · P75 | Jerusalem. | Ἰερουσαλήμ. | Jerusalem. | ϊερουσαλημ | | | hierusalem | Jerusalem | Jerusalem. | ܠܡܐܙܠ | Jerusalem. | Ἱερουσαλήμ | Jerusalem. | |||||
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