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 | ||||||||||||
δυοP45 · P83 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܟܕ ܕܝܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αδελφωνP45 · P83 | having heard this | ἀκούσαντες | having heard this | ακουσαντες | | | audientes | audientes | having heard this | ܫܡܥܘ | having heard this | ἀκούσαντες | having heard this | |||||
οἱP45 · P83 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | fratribus | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
δέκαP45 · P83 | ten | δέκα | ten | δεκα | | | decem | decem | ten | ܥܤܪܐ | ten | δέκα | ten | |||||
ἠγανάκτησανP45 · P83 | were indignant | ἠγανάκτησαν | were indignant | ηγανακτησαν | | | indignati | indignati sunt | were indignant | ܪܓܙܘ | were indignant | ἠγανάκτησαν | were indignant | |||||
περὶP45 · P83 | about | περὶ | about | περι | | | sunt | de | about | ܥܠ | about | περὶ | about | |||||
τῶνP45 · P83 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
δύοP45 · P83 | two | δύο | two | δυο | | | de | duobus | two | ܗܢܘܢ ܬܪܝܢ | two | δύο | two | |||||
ἀδελφῶν.¶P45 · P83 | brothers. | ἀδελφῶν.¶ | brothers. | αδελφων | | | duobus | fratribus | brothers. | ܐܚܝܢ | brothers. | ἀδελφῶν | brothers. | |||||
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