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 | ܘܗܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ιδουP45 · P75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | cce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
ανθρωποσP45 · P75 | a man | ἄνθρωπός | a man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | homo | a man | ܚܕ | a man | ἄνθρωπός | a man | |||||
τισP45 · P75 | certain | τις | certain | — | | | in | quidam | certain | ܕܟܢܝܫ | certain | τις | certain | |||||
ηνP45 · P75 | there was | ἦν | there was | ην | | | hydropicus | hydropicus | there was | ܗܘܐ | there was | ἦν | there was | |||||
υδρωπικοσP45 · P75 | with dropsy | ὑδρωπικὸς | with dropsy | ϋδρωπικος | | | erat | erat | with dropsy | ܡܝܐ | with dropsy | ὑδρωπικὸς | with dropsy | |||||
εμπροσθενP45 · P75 | before | ἔμπροσθεν | before | — | | | conspectu | ante | before | ܐܝܬ | before | ἔμπροσθεν | before | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | Him. | αὐτοῦ.¶ | Him. | αυτου | | | eius | illum | Him. | ܗܘܐ | Him. | αὐτοῦ | Him. | |||||
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