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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܕܢܬܡܠܐ | that | ἵνα | that | ||||||
| — | πληρωθῇ | it may be fulfilled | πληρωθη | | | conpleretur | adimpleretur | it may be fulfilled | ܡܕܡ | it may be fulfilled | πληρωθῇ | it may be fulfilled | ||||||
| — | τὸ | that | το | | | prophetam | — | — | — | — | τὸ | that | ||||||
| — | ῥηθὲν | having been spoken | ρηθεν | | | quod | quod | having been spoken | ܕܐܬܐܡܪ | having been spoken | ῥηθὲν | having been spoken | ||||||
| — | διὰ | through | δια | | | dictum | dictum | through | ܒܝܕ | through | διὰ | through | ||||||
| — | Ἠσαΐου | Isaiah | ησαϊου | | | est | est | Isaiah | ܐܫܥܝܐ | Isaiah | Ἠσαΐου | Isaiah | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | esaiam | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | προφήτου | prophet | προφητου | | | per | per | prophet | ܢܒܝܐ | prophet | προφήτου | prophet | ||||||
| — | λέγοντος· | saying: | λεγοντος | | | dicentem | Isaiam | saying: | ܕܐܡܪ | saying: | λέγοντος | saying: | ||||||
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