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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܪܕܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
διεπορευετοP45 · P75 | He was going through | διεπορεύετο | He was going through | διεπορευετο | | | circuibat | ibat | He was going through | — | — | διεπορεύετο | He was going through | |||||
καταP45 · P75 | by | κατὰ | by | κατα | | | per | per | by | ܗܘܐ | by | κατὰ | by | |||||
πολεισP45 · P75 | towns | πόλεις | towns | πολεις | | | ciuitates | civitates | towns | ܒܩܘܪܝܐ | towns | πόλεις | towns | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
κωμασP45 · P75 | villages | κώμας | villages | κωμας | | | castella | castella | villages | ܘܒܡܕܝܢܬܐ | villages | κώμας | villages | |||||
διδασκωνP45 · P75 | teaching | διδάσκων | teaching | διδασκων | | | docens | docens | teaching | ܟܕ | teaching | διδάσκων | teaching | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
πορειανP45 · P75 | progress | πορείαν | progress | πορειαν | | | iter | iter | progress | ܡܠܦ | progress | πορείαν | progress | |||||
ποιουμενοσP45 · P75 | making | ποιούμενος | making | ποιουμενος | | | faciens | faciens | making | ܘܐܙܠ | making | ποιούμενος | making | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | toward | εἰς | toward | εις | | | in | in | toward | — | — | εἰς | toward | |||||
ιεροσολυμαP45 · P75 | Jerusalem. | Ἱεροσόλυμα.¶ | Jerusalem. | — | | | hierusalem | Jerusalem | Jerusalem. | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem. | Ἱερουσαλήμ | Jerusalem. | |||||
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