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 | ||||||||||||
καιP19 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܒܥܠܕܒܒܘܗܝ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
εχθροιP19 | enemies | ἐχθροὶ | enemies | — | | | inimici | inimici | enemies | ܕܓܒܪܐ | enemies | ἐχθροὶ | enemies | |||||
τουP19 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
ανθρωπουP19 | man | ἀνθρώπου | man | ανθρωπου | | | homines | hominis | man | — | — | ἀνθρώπου | man | |||||
οιP19 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
οικιακοιP19 | household | οἰκιακοὶ | household | οικιακοι | | | domestici | domestici | household | ܒܢܝ | household | οἰκειακοὶ | household | |||||
αυτουP19 | of him. | αὐτοῦ.¶ | of him. | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of him. | ܒܝܬܗ | of him. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | |||||
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