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 | ||||||||||||
| — | εἰπὸν | do tell | ειπον | | | dic | Dic | do tell | ܐܡܪ | do tell | Εἰπὲ | do tell | ||||||
| — | ἡμῖν· | us: | ημειν | | | nobis | nobis | us: | ܠܢ | us: | ἡμῖν | us: | ||||||
| — | πότε | when | ποτε | | | quando | quando | when | ܐܡܬܝ | when | πότε | when | ||||||
| — | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | haec | ista | these things | ܗܠܝܢ | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ||||||
| — | ἔσται | will be | εσται | | | — | fient | will be | ܢܗܘܝܢ | will be | ἔσται | will be | ||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܡܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | τί | what will be | τι | | | quod | quod | what will be | — | — | τί | what will be | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | signum | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | σημεῖον | sign | σημιον | | | erunt | erit | sign | ܐܬܐ | sign | σημεῖον | sign | ||||||
| — | ὅταν | when | οταν | | | cum | quando | when | ܡܐ | when | ὅταν | when | ||||||
| — | μέλλῃ | may soon | — | | | — | hæc | may soon | ܕܩܪܝܒܢ | may soon | μέλλῃ | may soon | ||||||
| — | ταῦτα | these things | — | | | omnia | omnia | these things | ܗܠܝܢ | these things | πάντα | these things | ||||||
| — | συντελεῖσθαι | to be accomplished | — | | | haec | incipient | to be accomplished | ܟܠܗܝܢ | to be accomplished | ταῦτα | to be accomplished | ||||||
| — | πάντα;¶ | all | παντα | | | consummabuntur | consummari | all | ܠܡܫܬܠܡܘ | all | συντελεῖσθαι | all | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||