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 | ܐܚܪܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ετεροσP45 · P75 | another | ἕτερος | another | ετερος | | | alius | alter | another | ܐܡܪ | another | ἕτερος | another | |||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | said; | εἶπεν· | said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said; | ܚܡܫܐ | said; | εἶπεν | said; | |||||
ζευγηP45 · P75 | Yoke | ζεύγη | Yoke | ζευγη | | | iuga | Juga | Yoke | ܙܘܓܝܢ | Yoke | Ζεύγη | Yoke | |||||
βοωνP45 · P75 | of oxen | βοῶν | of oxen | βοων | | | boum | boum | of oxen | ܬܘܪܐ | of oxen | βοῶν | of oxen | |||||
ηγορασαP45 · P75 | I have bought | ἠγόρασα | I have bought | ηγορα | | | emi | emi | I have bought | ܙܒܢܬ | I have bought | ἠγόρασα | I have bought | |||||
πεντεP45 · P75 | five | πέντε | five | πεντε | | | quinque | quinque | five | ܘܐܙܠ | five | πέντε | five | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
πορευομαιP45 · P75 | I am going | πορεύομαι | I am going | πορευομαι | | | eo | eo | I am going | ܕܐܒܩܐ | I am going | πορεύομαι | I am going | |||||
δοκιμασαιP45 · P75 | to prove | δοκιμάσαι | to prove | δοκιμασαι | | | probare | probare | to prove | ܐܢܘܢ | to prove | δοκιμάσαι | to prove | |||||
αυταP45 · P75 | them; | αὐτά· | them; | αυτα | | | illa | illa | them; | ܒܥܐ | them; | αὐτά | them; | |||||
ερωτωP45 · P75 | I beg of | ἐρωτῶ | I beg of | — | | | propter | rogo | I beg of | ܐܢܐ | I beg of | ἐρωτῶ | I beg of | |||||
σεP45 · P75 | you | σε, | you | — | | | quod | te | you | ܡܢܟ | you | σε | you | |||||
εχεP45 · P75 | do hold | ἔχε | do hold | — | | | non | habe | do hold | ܫܒܘܩܝܢܝ | do hold | ἔχε | do hold | |||||
μεP45 · P75 | me | με | me | — | | | possum | me | me | ܕܡܫܬܐܠ | me | με | me | |||||
παρητημενονP45 · P75 | excused. | παρῃτημένον. | excused. | — | | | uenire | excusatum | excused. | ܐܢܐ | excused. | παρῃτημένον | excused. | |||||
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