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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | et | Et | And | ܘܡܬܪܓܪܓ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
επεθυμειP75 | he was longing | ἐπεθύμει | he was longing | — | | | cupiebat | cupiebat | he was longing | ܗܘܐ | he was longing | ἐπεθύμει | he was longing | |||||
χορτασθηναιP75 | to be fed | χορτασθῆναι | to be fed | χορτασθηναι | | | saturari | implere | to be fed | ܠܡܡܠܐ | to be fed | γεμίσαι | to be fed | |||||
εκP75 | the | τὴν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
τωνP75 | stomach | κοιλίαν | stomach | — | | | — | ventrem | stomach | ܟܪܤܗ | stomach | κοιλίαν | stomach | |||||
κερατιωνP75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | — | | | — | suum | of him | ܡܢ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
ωP75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | de | de | from | ܚܪܘܒܐ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
ησθιονP75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
οιP75 | pods | κερατίων | pods | κερατιων | | | siliquis | siliquis | pods | ܗܢܘܢ | pods | κερατίων | pods | |||||
χοιροιP75 | that | ὧν | that | ων | | | quas | quas | that | ܕܐܟܠܝܢ | that | ὧν | that | |||||
καιP75 | were eating | ἤσθιον | were eating | ησθιον | | | porci | porci | were eating | ܗܘܘ | were eating | ἤσθιον | were eating | |||||
ουδεισP75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
εδιδουP75 | pigs, | χοῖροι, | pigs, | χοιροι | | | edebant | manducabant | pigs, | ܚܙܝܪܐ | pigs, | χοῖροι | pigs, | |||||
αυτωP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οὐδεὶςP75 | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | ουδεις | | | nemo | nemo | no one | ܐܢܫ | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | |||||
ἐδίδουP75 | was giving | ἐδίδου | was giving | εδιδου | | | illi | illi | was giving | ܝܗܒ | was giving | ἐδίδου | was giving | |||||
αὐτῷ.¶P75 | to him. | αὐτῷ.¶ | to him. | — | | | dabat | dabat | to him. | ܗܘܐ | to him. | αὐτῷ | to him. | |||||
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