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 | ||||||||||||
ελεγονP45 | Others | ἄλλοι | Others | αλλοι | | | alii | Alii | Others | ܐܚܪܢܐ | Others | Ἄλλοι | Others | |||||
οτιP45 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | ἔλεγον | however | |||||
προφητησP45 | were saying | ἔλεγον | were saying | ελεγον | | | dicebant | dicebant | were saying | — | — | ὅτι | were saying | |||||
ωσP45 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quoniam | Quia | that | ܗܘܘ | that | Ἠλίας | that | |||||
εισP45 | Elijah | Ἠλίας | Elijah | ηλιας | | | — | Elias | Elijah | ܕܐܠܝܐ | Elijah | ἐστίν | Elijah | |||||
τωνP45 | He is; | ἐστίν· | He is; | εστιν | | | est | est | He is; | ܗܘ | He is; | ἄλλοι | He is; | |||||
προφητωνP45 | Others | ἄλλοι | Others | αλλοι | | | alii | alii | Others | — | — | δὲ | Others | |||||
δὲP45 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | — | vero | now | ܕܝܢ | but | ἔλεγον | now | |||||
ἔλεγονP45 | were saying | ἔλεγον | were saying | ελεγον | | | dicebant | dicebant | were saying | ܕܢܒܝܐ | were saying | ὅτι | were saying | |||||
ὅτιP45 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | helias | Quia | that | — | — | Προφήτης | that | |||||
προφήτηςP45 | A prophet | προφήτης | A prophet | — | | | profetis | propheta | A prophet | ܗܘ | A prophet | ἐστίν | A prophet | |||||
ἐστίνP45 | is | ἐστίν | is | — | | | — | est | is | ܐܝܟ | is | ὡς | is | |||||
ἢP45 | or | ἢ | or | — | | | quasi | — | — | — | — | εἷς | or | |||||
ὡςP45 | like | ὡς | like | — | | | unus | unus | like | — | — | τῶν | like | |||||
εἷςP45 | one | εἷς | one | εις | | | ex | ex | one | ܡܢ | one | προφητῶν | one | |||||
τῶνP45 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
προφητῶν.P45 | prophets. | προφητῶν. | prophets. | προφητων | | | autem | prophetis | prophets. | ܢܒܝܐ | prophets. | προφητῶν. | prophets. | |||||
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