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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
ενP66 · P75 | In | ἐν | In | εν | | | in | In | In | ܘܒܗܠܝܢ | In | Ἐν | In | |||||
ταυταισP66 · P75 | these | ταύταις | these | ταυταις | | | his | his | these | ܪܡܝܢ | these | ταύταις | these | |||||
κατεκειτοP66 · P75 | were lying | κατέκειτο | were lying | — | | | discumbebant | jacebat | were lying | ܗܘܘ | were lying | κατέκειτο | were lying | |||||
πληθοσP66 · P75 | a multitude | πλῆθος | a multitude | πληθος | | | turbae | multitudo | a multitude | ܥܡܐ | a multitude | πλῆθος | a multitude | |||||
τωνP66 · P75 | great | πολὺ | great | — | | | infirmorum | magna | great | ܤܓܝܐܐ | great | πολὺ | great | |||||
ασθενουντωνP66 · P75 | of those | τῶν | of those | των | | | caecorum | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of those | |||||
τυφλωνP66 · P75 | ailing, | ἀσθενούντων, | ailing, | ασθενουντων | | | paralyticorum | languentium | ailing, | ܕܟܪܝܗܐ | ailing, | ἀσθενούντων | ailing, | |||||
χωλωνP66 · P75 | blind, | τυφλῶν, | blind, | τυφλων | | | — | cæcorum | blind, | ܘܤܡܝܐ | blind, | τυφλῶν | blind, | |||||
ξηρωP66 · P75 | lame, | χωλῶν, | lame, | χωλων | | | claudorum | claudorum | lame, | ܘܚܓܝܤܐ | lame, | χωλῶν | lame, | |||||
ξηρῶνP66 · P75 | paralyzed | ξηρῶν | paralyzed | ξηρων | | | aridorum | aridorum | paralyzed | ܘܝܒܝܫܐ | paralyzed | ξηρῶν | paralyzed | |||||
ἐκδεχομένωνP66 · P75 | waiting for | ····· | — | — | | | — | exspectantium | waiting for | ܘܡܤܟܝܢ | waiting for | ἐκδεχομένων | waiting for | |||||
τὴνP66 · P75 | <the> | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
τοῦP66 · P75 | of the | ····· | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
ὕδατοςP66 · P75 | water | ····· | — | — | | | aquae | aquæ | water | ܗܘܘ | water | ὕδατος | water | |||||
κίνησιν.P66 · P75 | motion. | ····· | — | — | | | motum | motum | motion. | ܠܙܘܥܐ | motion. | κίνησιν | motion. | |||||
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