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 | ||||||||||||
αλλαP75 | another | ἄλλα | another | — | | | aliae | ali | ? | ܐܠܐ | but | ἄλλα | another | |||||
ηλθενP75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | uenerunt | vero | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
πλοιαP75 | came | ἦλθεν | came | — | | | — | supervenerunt | ? | ܕܝܢ | came | ἦλθεν | came | |||||
εκP75 | boats | πλοιάρια | boats | — | | | nauiculae | naves | ? | ܐܠܦܐ | boats | πλοιάρια | boats | |||||
τιβεριαδοσP75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | — | a | from | ܐܚܪܢܝܬܐ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
εγγυσP75 | Tiberias | Τιβεριάδος | Tiberias | τιβεριαδος | | | tiberiade | Tiberiade | ? | ܡܢ | Tiberias | Τιβεριάδος | Tiberias | |||||
τουP75 | near | ἐγγὺς | near | εγγυς | | | — | juxta | ? | ܛܒܪܝܘܤ | near | ἐγγὺς | near | |||||
τοπουP75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | de | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
οπουP75 | place | τόπου | place | τοπου | | | locum | locum | ? | ܓܢܒ | place | τόπου | place | |||||
εφαγονP75 | where | ὅπου | where | οπου | | | ubi | ubi | ? | ܕܘܟܬܐ | where | ὅπου | where | |||||
τονP75 | they ate | ἔφαγον | they ate | εφαγον | | | manducarunt | manducaverant | ? | ܗܝ | they ate | ἔφαγον | they ate | |||||
αρτονP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
ευχαριστησαντοσP75 | bread | ἄρτον | bread | αρτον | | | panem | gratias | ? | ܒܗ | bread | ἄρτον | bread | |||||
τουP75 | when was giving thanks | εὐχαριστήσαντος | when was giving thanks | — | | | — | agente | ? | ܠܚܡܐ | when was giving thanks | εὐχαριστήσαντος | when was giving thanks | |||||
κυP75 | to the | τοῦ | to the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | to the | |||||
κυρίου.P75 | Lord. | κυρίου. | Lord. | — | | | prope | Domino | to the Lord | ܒܪܟ | Lord. | κυρίου- | Lord. | |||||
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