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 | ||||||||||||
υποP75 | by | ὑπό | by | ϋπο | | | a | a | by | ܐܚܪܢܐ | by | ὑπό | by | |||||
τινωνP75 | some | τινων | some | τινων | | | quibusdam | quibusdam | some | ܕܝܢ | some | τινων | some | |||||
δεP75 | also | δὲ | also | δε | | | quia | Quia | also | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | also | |||||
οτιP75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | iohannes | Joannes | that | ܗܘܘ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
ηλειασP75 | Elijah | Ἠλίας | Elijah | ηλειας | | | surrexit | surrexit | Elijah | ܕܐܠܝܐ | Elijah | Ἠλίας | Elijah | |||||
εφανηP75 | had appeared, | ἐφάνη, | had appeared, | εφανη | | | a | a | had appeared, | ܐܬܚܙܝ | had appeared, | ἐφάνη | had appeared, | |||||
αλλωνP75 | by others | ἄλλων | by others | — | | | mortuis | mortuis | by others | — | — | ἄλλων | by others | |||||
δεP75 | also | δὲ | also | δε | | | alios | a | also | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | also | |||||
οτιP75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quoniam | quibusdam | that | ܕܢܒܝܐ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
προφητησP75 | a prophet | προφήτης | a prophet | προφητης | | | uisus | vero | a prophet | ܡܢ | a prophet | Προφήτης | a prophet | |||||
τισP75 | someone | τις | someone | — | | | quia | Quia | someone | ܢܒܝܐ | someone | εἷς | someone | |||||
τωνP75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
αρχαιωνP75 | ancients | ἀρχαίων | ancients | αρχαιων | | | — | apparuit | ancients | ܩܕܡܝܐ | ancients | ἀρχαίων | ancients | |||||
ανεστηP75 | had arisen. | ἀνέστη.¶ | had arisen. | — | | | ab | ab | had arisen. | ܩܡ | had arisen. | ἀνέστη | had arisen. | |||||
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