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 | ||||||||||||
πολλοιP70 | Many | πολλοὶ | Many | πολλοι | | | multi | multi | Many | ܤܓܝܐܐ | Many | Πολλοὶ | Many | |||||
γαρP70 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ελευσονταιP70 | will come | ἐλεύσονται | will come | ελευσονται | | | uenient | venient | will come | — | — | ἐλεύσονται | will come | |||||
ενP70 | in | ἐπὶ | in | επι | | | in | in | in | ܢܐܬܘܢ | in | ἐπὶ | in | |||||
τωP70 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ονοματιP70 | name | ὀνόματί | name | ονοματι | | | nomine | nomine | name | ܒܫܡܝ | name | ὀνόματί | name | |||||
μουP70 | of Me | μου | of Me | μου | | | meo | meo | of Me | ܘܢܐܡܪܘܢ | of Me | μου | of Me | |||||
λεγοντεσP70 | saying; | λέγοντες· | saying; | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | dicentes | saying; | — | — | λέγοντες | saying; | |||||
εγωP70 | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܕܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | |||||
ειμιP70 | am | εἰμι | am | ειμι | | | sum | sum | am | ܐܢܐ | am | εἰμι | am | |||||
οP70 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
χσP70 | Christ, | χριστός, | Christ, | — | | | xps | Christus | Christ, | ܡܫܝܚܐ | Christ, | χριστός | Christ, | |||||
καιP70 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
πολλουσP70 | many | πολλοὺς | many | πολλους | | | multos | multos | many | ܘܤܓܝܐܐ | many | πολλοὺς | many | |||||
πλανησουσινP70 | they will mislead. | πλανήσουσιν. | they will mislead. | πλανησουσιν | | | seducent | seducent | they will mislead. | ܢܛܥܘܢ | they will mislead. | πλανήσουσιν | they will mislead. | |||||
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