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 | ||||||||||||
συνηγαγονP75 | They gathered together | συνήγαγον | They gathered together | συνηγαγον | | | congregauerunt | Collegerunt | They gathered together | ܘܟܢܫܘ | They gathered together | Συνήγαγον | They gathered together | |||||
ουνP75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | autem | ergo | therefore | ܘܡܠܘ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܬܪܥܤܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εγεμισανP75 | filled | ἐγέμισαν | filled | εγεμισαν | | | — | impleverunt | filled | ܩܘܦܝܢܝܢ | filled | ἐγέμισαν | filled | |||||
κοφινουσP75 | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | — | | | duodecim | duodecim | twelve | ܩܨܝܐ | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | |||||
κλασματωνP75 | hand-baskets | κοφίνους | hand-baskets | — | | | cophinos | cophinos | hand-baskets | ܐܝܠܝܢ | hand-baskets | κοφίνους | hand-baskets | |||||
εκP75 | of fragments | κλασμάτων | of fragments | — | | | fragmentorum | fragmentorum | of fragments | — | — | κλασμάτων | of fragments | |||||
τωνP75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | inpleuerunt | ex | from | ܕܝܬܪܘ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
αρτωνP75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
τωνP75 | five | πέντε | five | — | | | quinque | quinque | five | ܠܗܢܘܢ | five | πέντε | five | |||||
κριθινωνP75 | loaves | ἄρτων | loaves | — | | | panibus | panibus | loaves | ܕܐܟܠܘ | loaves | ἄρτων | loaves | |||||
αP75 | <the> | τῶν | <the> | των | | | manducarunt | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | |||||
επερισσευσανP75 | barley | κριθίνων | barley | κρειθινων | | | hordiaciis | hordeaceis | barley | ܡܢ | barley | κριθίνων | barley | |||||
τοισP75 | which | ἃ | which | α | | | quae | quæ | which | ܚܡܫܐ | which | ἃ | which | |||||
βεβρωκοσινP75 | exceeded | ἐπερίσσευσαν | exceeded | επερισσευσαν | | | superauerunt | superfuerunt | exceeded | ܠܚܡܝܢ | exceeded | ἐπερίσσευσεν | exceeded | |||||
τοῖςP75 | to those | τοῖς | to those | τοις | | | de | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to those | |||||
βεβρωκόσιν.¶P75 | having eaten. | βεβρωκόσιν.¶ | having eaten. | βεβρωκοσιν | | | his | his | having eaten. | ܕܤܥܪܐ | having eaten. | βεβρωκόσιν | having eaten. | |||||
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