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 | ܘܡܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ευρωνP75 | having found it | εὑρὼν | having found it | ευρων | | | super | cum | having found it | ܕܐܫܟܚܗ | having found it | εὑρὼν | having found it | |||||
επιτιθησινP75 | he lays it | ἐπιτίθησιν | he lays it | επιτιθησιν | | | inueniens | invenerit | he lays it | ܚܕܐ | he lays it | ἐπιτίθησιν | he lays it | |||||
επιP75 | on | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | — | eam | on | ܘܫܩܠ | on | ἐπὶ | on | |||||
τουσP75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | umeros | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
ωμουσP75 | shoulders | ὤμους | shoulders | ωμους | | | inponit | in | shoulders | ܠܗ | shoulders | ὤμους | shoulders | |||||
αυτουP75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | gaudens | humeros | of him | ܥܠ | of him | ἑαυτοῦ | of him | |||||
χαιρωνP75 | rejoicing, | χαίρων, | rejoicing, | χαιρων | | | suos | suos | rejoicing, | ܟܬܦܬܗ | rejoicing, | χαίρων | rejoicing, | |||||
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