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 | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܝܬܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
φερετεP75 | do bring | φέρετε | do bring | — | | | adducite | adducite | do bring | ܩܛܘܠܘ | do bring | ἐνέγκαντες | do bring | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | uitulum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
μοσχονP75 | calf | μόσχον | calf | — | | | saginatum | saginatum | calf | — | — | μόσχον | calf | |||||
τονP75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | — | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
σιτευτονP75 | fattened, | σιτευτόν, | fattened, | σειτευτον | | | occidite | occidite | fattened, | ܬܘܪܐ | fattened, | σιτευτὸν | fattened, | |||||
θυσατεP75 | do kill it, | θύσατε, | do kill it, | — | | | et | et | do kill it, | ܕܦܛܡܐ | do kill it, | θύσατε | do kill it, | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | manducemus | manducemus | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
φαγοντεσP75 | having eaten | φαγόντες | having eaten | — | | | et | et | having eaten | ܘܢܐܟܘܠ | having eaten | φαγόντες | having eaten | |||||
ευφρανθωμενP75 | let us be merry, | εὐφρανθῶμεν, | let us be merry, | ευφρανθωμεν | | | aepulemur | epulemur | let us be merry, | ܘܢܬܒܤܡ | let us be merry, | εὐφρανθῶμεν | let us be merry, | |||||
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