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 | ||||||||||||
ανηλθενP66 · P75 | Went up | ἀνῆλθεν | Went up | — | | | abiit | Subiit | Went up | ܘܤܠܩ | Went up | Ἀνῆλθεν | Went up | |||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | ergo | ergo | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
εισP66 · P75 | on | εἰς | on | εις | | | in | in | on | — | — | εἰς | on | |||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
οροσP66 · P75 | mountain | ὄρος | mountain | ορος | | | montem | montem | mountain | ܠܛܘܪܐ | mountain | ὄρος | mountain | |||||
ισP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
καιP66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܘܬܡܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
εκειP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
εκαθεζετοP66 · P75 | there | ἐκεῖ | there | — | | | ibi | ibi | there | ܝܬܒ | there | ἐκεῖ | there | |||||
μεταP66 · P75 | He was sitting | ἐκάθητο | He was sitting | εκαθητο | | | — | sedebat | He was sitting | ܗܘܐ | He was sitting | ἐκάθητο | He was sitting | |||||
τωνP66 · P75 | with | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | cum | cum | with | — | — | μετὰ | with | |||||
μαθητωνP66 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | sebat | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
αυτουP66 · P75 | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | μαθητων | | | discipulis | discipulis | disciples | ܥܡ | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | |||||
αὐτοῦ.P66 · P75 | of Him. | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | αυτου | | | suis | suis | of Him. | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | |||||
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