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 | ||||||||||||
ἦνP105 | Was | ἦν | Was | ην | | | erat | erat | Was | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | Was | Ἦν | Was | |||||
δὲP105 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ἡP105 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | albus | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
εἰδέαP105 | appearance | εἰδέα | appearance | ειδεα | | | aspectus | aspectus | appearance | ܕܝܢ | appearance | ἰδέα | appearance | |||||
αὐτοῦP105 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of him | ܚܙܘܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
ὡςP105 | like | ὡς | like | ως | | | sicut | sicut | like | ܐܝܟ | like | ὡς | like | |||||
ἀστραπὴP105 | lightning | ἀστραπὴ | lightning | αστραπη | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀστραπή | lightning | |||||
καὶP105 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | fulgur | fulgur | and | ܒܪܩܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τὸP105 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
ἔνδυμαP105 | clothing | ἔνδυμα | clothing | ενδυμα | | | et | et | clothing | ܘܠܒܘܫܗ | clothing | ἔνδυμα | clothing | |||||
αὐτοῦP105 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | uestitus | vestimentum | of him | ܚܘܪ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
λευκὸνP105 | white | λευκὸν | white | λευκον | | | eius | ejus | white | ܗܘܐ | white | λευκὸν | white | |||||
ὡςP105 | as | ὡς | as | ως | | | sicut | sicut | as | ܐܝܟ | as | ὡσεὶ | as | |||||
χιών.P105 | snow. | χιών. | snow. | χειων | | | nix | nix | snow. | ܬܠܓܐ | snow. | χιών | snow. | |||||
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