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 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܬܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ερχονταιP45 | they come | ἔρχονται | they come | — | | | uenit | veniunt | they come | ܬܘܒ | they come | ἔρχονται | they come | |||||
προσP45 | again | πάλιν | again | παλιν | | | iterum | rursus | again | — | — | πάλιν | again | |||||
αυτονP45 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | hierosolyma | Jerosolymam | to | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
οιP45 | Jerusalem; | Ἱεροσόλυμα· | Jerusalem; | ϊεροσολυμα | | | et | Et | Jerusalem; | ܘܟܕ | Jerusalem; | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem; | |||||
αρχιερεισP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | — | cum | And | — | — | καὶ | And | |||||
καιP45 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | deambulante | ambularet | in | ܡܗܠܟ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
οιP45 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
γραμματεισP45 | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | ϊερω | | | in | in | temple | ܗܘܐ | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | |||||
καιP45 | when is walking | περιπατοῦντος | when is walking | περιπατουντος | | | templo | templo | when is walking | — | — | περιπατοῦντος | when is walking | |||||
οιP45 | He | αὐτοῦ | He | αυτου | | | accedunt | accedunt | He | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | He | αὐτοῦ | He | |||||
πρεσβυτεροιP45 | they come | ἔρχονται | they come | ερχονται | | | ad | ad | they come | ܐܬܘ | they come | ἔρχονται | they come | |||||
πρὸςP45 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | eum | eum | to | ܠܘܬܗ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αὐτὸνP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | summi | summi | Him | — | — | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
οἱP45 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | eo | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
ἀρχιερεῖςP45 | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | sacerdotes | sacerdotes | chief priests | ܪܒܝ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | |||||
καὶP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܟܗܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οἱP45 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
γραμματεῖςP45 | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | γραμματεις | | | scribae | scribæ | scribes | — | — | γραμματεῖς | scribes | |||||
καὶP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܤܦܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οἱP45 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | populi | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
πρεσβύτεροιP45 | elders | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | πρεσβυτεροι | | | seniores | seniores | elders | ܘܩܫܝܫܐ | elders | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | |||||
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