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 | ||||||||||||
τοτεP101 | Then | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | |||||
οP101 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | a | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP101 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
ανηχθηP101 | was led up | ἀνήχθη | was led up | ανηχθη | | | delatus | ductus | was led up | ܐܬܕܒܪ | was led up | ἀνήχθη | was led up | |||||
εισP101 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | est | est | into | ܡܢ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τηνP101 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | diabolo | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
ερημονP101 | wilderness | ἔρημον | wilderness | ερημον | | | in | in | wilderness | ܪܘܚܐ | wilderness | ἔρημον | wilderness | |||||
υποP101 | by | ὑπὸ | by | ϋπο | | | desertum | desertum | by | ܕܩܘܕܫܐ | by | ὑπὸ | by | |||||
τουP101 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
πνσP101 | Spirit | πνεύματος | Spirit | — | | | a | a | Spirit | ܠܡܕܒܪܐ | Spirit | πνεύματος | Spirit | |||||
πειρασθηναιP101 | to be tempted | πειρασθῆναι | to be tempted | πειρασθηναι | | | spiritu | Spiritu | to be tempted | ܕܢܬܢܤܐ | to be tempted | πειρασθῆναι | to be tempted | |||||
υποP101 | by | ὑπὸ | by | υπο | | | ut | ut | by | ܡܢ | by | ὑπὸ | by | |||||
τουP101 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
διαβολουP101 | devil. | διαβόλου. | devil. | διαβολου | | | temptaretur | tentaretur | devil. | ܐܟܠܩܪܨܐ | devil. | διαβόλου | devil. | |||||
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