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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ευροντεσP75 | having found | εὑρόντες | having found | ευροντες | | | illi | cum | having found | ܐܫܟܚܘܗܝ | having found | εὑρόντες | having found | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | inuenientes | invenissent | Him | ܒܥܒܪܐ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
περανP75 | on the other side | πέραν | on the other side | περαν | | | eum | eum | on the other side | ܕܝܡܐ | on the other side | πέραν | on the other side | |||||
τησP75 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | tras | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
θαλασσησP75 | sea | θαλάσσης | sea | θαλασσης | | | mare | mare | sea | ܐܡܪܝܢ | sea | θαλάσσης | sea | |||||
ειπονP75 | they said | εἶπον | they said | ειπον | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | they said | — | — | εἶπον | they said | |||||
αυτωP75 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | — | ei | to Him; | ܠܗ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
ραββειP75 | Rabbi, | ῥαββί, | Rabbi, | ραββι | | | rabbi | Rabbi | Rabbi, | ܪܒܢ | Rabbi, | Ῥαββί | Rabbi, | |||||
ποτεP75 | when | πότε | when | ποτε | | | quando | quando | when | ܐܡܬܝ | when | πότε | when | |||||
ωδεP75 | here | ὧδε | here | ωδε | | | hoc | huc | here | ܐܬܝܬ | here | ὧδε | here | |||||
γεγονασP75 | have You come? | γέγονας;¶ | have You come? | — | | | uenisti | venisti | have You come? | ܠܗܪܟܐ | have You come? | γέγονας | have You come? | |||||
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