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 | ||||||||||||
καιP138 · P45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܢܐܬܘܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ηξουσινP138 · P45 · P75 | they will come | ἥξουσιν | they will come | ηξουσιν | | | uenient | venient | they will come | ܡܢ | they will come | ἥξουσιν | they will come | |||||
αποP138 · P45 · P75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | ab | ab | from | — | — | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
ανατολωνP138 · P45 · P75 | east | ἀνατολῶν | east | ανατολων | | | oriente | oriente | east | ܡܕܢܚܐ | east | ἀνατολῶν | east | |||||
καιP138 · P45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
δυσμωνP138 · P45 · P75 | west | δυσμῶν | west | δυσμων | | | occidentem | occidente | west | ܡܥܪܒܐ | west | δυσμῶν | west | |||||
αποP138 · P45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
βορραP138 · P45 · P75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | — | | | ab | — | — | ܘܡܢ | from | βορρᾶ | from | |||||
καιP138 · P45 · P75 | north | βορρᾶ | north | βορρα | | | aquilone | aquilone | north | ܬܝܡܢܐ | north | καὶ | north | |||||
νοτουP138 · P45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | νότου | and | |||||
καιP138 · P45 · P75 | south | νότου | south | νοτου | | | austro | austro | south | ܘܡܢ | south | καὶ | south | |||||
ανακλιθησονταιP138 · P45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܓܪܒܝܐ | and | ἀνακλιθήσονται | and | |||||
ενP138 · P45 · P75 | will recline | ἀνακλιθήσονται | will recline | ανακλειθησονται | | | — | accumbent | will recline | ܘܢܤܬܡܟܘܢ | will recline | ἐν | will recline | |||||
τηP138 · P45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | τῇ | in | |||||
βασιλειαP138 · P45 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | βασιλείᾳ | the | |||||
τουP138 · P45 · P75 | kingdom | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | regno | regno | kingdom | ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ | kingdom | τοῦ | kingdom | |||||
θυP138 · P45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | recumbent | — | — | — | — | θεοῦ | <the> | |||||
θεοῦ.P138 · P45 · P75 | of God. | θεοῦ. | of God. | θυ | | | dei | Dei | of God. | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God. | θεοῦ. | of God. | |||||
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