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 | ||||||||||||
οιP45 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | haec | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | at | At | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ηνεγκανP45 | they brought it. | ἤνεγκαν. | they brought it. | ηνεγκαν | | | illi | illi | they brought it. | ܠܗ | they brought it. | ἤνεγκαν | they brought it. | |||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | attulerunt | attulerunt | And | ܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
λεγειP45 | He says | λέγει | He says | λεγει | | | — | ei | He says | — | — | λέγει | He says | |||||
αυτοισP45 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | et | Et | to them; | ܠܗܘܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
τινοσP45 | Of whom is | τίνος | Of whom is | τινος | | | ait | ait | Of whom is | ܕܡܢܘ | Of whom is | Τίνος | Of whom is | |||||
ηP45 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | superscriptio | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | |||||
εικωνP45 | likeness | εἰκὼν | likeness | εικων | | | illis | illis | likeness | ܨܠܡܐ | likeness | εἰκὼν | likeness | |||||
αυτηP45 | this | αὕτη | this | αυτη | | | cuius | Cujus | this | ܗܢܐ | this | αὕτη | this | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | est | est | and | ܘܟܬܒܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηP45 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
επιγραφηP45 | inscription? | ἐπιγραφή; | inscription? | επιγραφη | | | imago | imago | inscription? | ܗܢܘܢ | inscription? | ἐπιγραφή | inscription? | |||||
οιP45 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | — | | | illi | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 | And | δὲ | And | — | | | — | hæc | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπονP45 | they said | εἶπαν | they said | ειπαν | | | et | et | they said | ܕܝܢ | they said | εἶπον | they said | |||||
καισαροσP45 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | caesaris | inscriptio | to Him; | ܐܡܪܘ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
Καίσαρος.P45 | Caesar’s. | Καίσαρος. | Caesar’s. | καισαρος | | | dicunt | Dicunt | Caesar’s. | ܕܩܤܪ | Caesar’s. | Καίσαρος | Caesar’s. | |||||
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