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 | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | said | εἶπεν | said | — | | | dixit | ait | said | ܥܒܕܐ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | seruus | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
δουλοσP45 · P75 | servant; | δοῦλος· | servant; | δουλος | | | — | Domine | servant; | — | — | δοῦλος | servant; | |||||
κεP45 · P75 | Sir, | κύριε, | Sir, | — | | | factum | factum | Sir, | ܡܪܝ | Sir, | Κύριε | Sir, | |||||
γεγονενP45 · P75 | it has been done | γέγονεν | it has been done | γεγον | | | est | est | it has been done | ܗܘܐ | it has been done | γέγονεν | it has been done | |||||
οP45 · P75 | as | ὃ | as | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὡς | as | |||||
επεταξασP45 · P75 | you did command, | ἐπέταξας, | you did command, | επεταξας | | | praecepisti | imperasti | you did command, | ܕܦܩܕܬ | you did command, | ἐπέταξας | you did command, | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ετιP45 · P75 | still | ἔτι | still | ετι | | | adhuc | adhuc | still | ܘܬܘܒ | still | ἔτι | still | |||||
τοποσP45 · P75 | room | τόπος | room | τοπος | | | locus | locus | room | ܐܝܬ | room | τόπος | room | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | there is. | ἐστίν. | there is. | εστιν | | | est | est | there is. | ܐܬܪܐ | there is. | ἐστίν | there is. | |||||
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