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 | ||||||||||||
ερχεταιP122 · P59 | Comes | Ἔρχεται | Comes | ερχεται | | | et | Et | Comes | ܩܪܒ | Comes | Ἔρχεται | Comes | |||||
ιησP122 · P59 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | uenit | venit | therefore | — | — | οὖν | therefore | |||||
καιP122 · P59 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | benedicens | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
λαμβανειP122 · P59 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
τονP122 · P59 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܝܫܘܥ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αρτονP122 · P59 | takes | λαμβάνει | takes | λαμβανει | | | accipit | accipit | takes | — | — | λαμβάνει | takes | |||||
καιP122 · P59 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
διδωσινP122 · P59 | bread | ἄρτον | bread | αρτον | | | panem | panem | bread | ܘܫܩܠ | bread | ἄρτον | bread | |||||
αυτοισP122 · P59 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܠܚܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP122 · P59 | gives it | δίδωσιν | gives it | — | | | — | dat | gives it | — | — | δίδωσιν | gives it | |||||
τοP122 · P59 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | dedit | eis | to them | ܘܢܘܢܐ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
οψαριονP122 · P59 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܘܝܗܒ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ομοιωσP122 · P59 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | illis | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
ὀψάριονP122 · P59 | fish | ὀψάριον | fish | οψαριον | | | piscem | piscem | fish | — | — | ὀψάριον | fish | |||||
ὁμοίως.P122 · P59 | likewise. | ὁμοίως. | likewise. | ομοιως | | | similiter | similiter | likewise. | ܠܗܘܢ | likewise. | ὁμοίως | likewise. | |||||
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