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 | ||||||||||||
ηκουσενP75 | Heard of | Ἤκουσεν | Heard of | — | | | audiens | Audivit | Heard of | ܫܡܥ | Heard of | Ἤκουσεν | Heard of | |||||
δεP75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ηρωδησP75 | Herod | Ἡρῴδης | Herod | ηρωδης | | | confundebatur | — | — | ܗܪܘܕܤ | Herod | Ἡρῴδης | Herod | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
τετραρχησP75 | Tetrarch | τετραάρχης | Tetrarch | — | | | herodes | Herodes | Tetrarch | ܛܛܪܪܟܐ | Tetrarch | τετράρχης | Tetrarch | |||||
ταP75 | the things | τὰ | the things | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the things | |||||
γεινομεναP75 | being done | γινόμενα | being done | γεινομενα | | | tetrarcha | tetrarcha | being done | ܟܠܗܝܢ | being done | γινόμενα | being done | |||||
παταP75 | by | ὑπ᾽ | by | — | | | — | — | — | ܕܗܘܝܢ | by | ὑπ’ | by | |||||
καιP75 | him | αὐτοῦ | him | — | | | — | omnia | him | ܗܘܝ | him | αὐτοῦ | him | |||||
διηπορειP75 | all | πάντα | all | — | | | quae | quæ | all | ܒܐܝܕܗ | all | πάντα | all | |||||
διαP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | fiebant | fiebant | and | ܘܡܬܕܡܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τοP75 | was perplexed | διηπόρει | was perplexed | — | | | — | — | — | ܗܘܐ | was perplexed | διηπόρει | was perplexed | |||||
λεγεσθαιP75 | because of | διὰ | because of | δια | | | — | ab | because of | ܡܛܠ | because of | διὰ | because of | |||||
υποP75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
τινωνP75 | saying | λέγεσθαι | saying | λεγεσθαι | | | — | eo | saying | ܕܐܡܪܝܢ | saying | λέγεσθαι | saying | |||||
οτιP75 | by | ὑπό | by | ϋπο | | | — | et | by | ܗܘܘ | by | ὑπό | by | |||||
ιωανησP75 | some | τινων | some | τινων | | | — | — | — | ܐܢܫܝܢ | some | τινων | some | |||||
ηγερθηP75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | — | hæsitabat | that | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
εκP75 | John | Ἰωάννης | John | ϊωαννης | | | — | eo | John | ܩܡ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | |||||
νεκρωνP75 | has been raised | ἠγέρθη | has been raised | — | | | propter | — | — | ܡܢ | has been raised | ἐγήγερται | has been raised | |||||
ἐκP75 | out from | ἐκ | out from | εκ | | | quod | quod | out from | ܒܝܬ | out from | ἐκ | out from | |||||
νεκρῶν,P75 | the dead, | νεκρῶν, | the dead, | νεκρων | | | diceretur | diceretur | the dead, | ܡܝܬܐ | the dead, | νεκρῶν | the dead, | |||||
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