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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
γαλιλαιασP111 · P75 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܗܘܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ἐγένετοP111 · P75 | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | εγενετο | | | factum | factum | it came to pass | — | — | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | |||||
ἐνP111 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | est | est | in | ܕܟܕ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τῷP111 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | cum | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
πορεύεσθαιP111 · P75 | going up | πορεύεσθαι | going up | πορευεσθαι | | | iter | — | — | ܐܙܠ | going up | πορεύεσθαι | going up | |||||
αὐτὸνP111 · P75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | faceret | dum | him | — | — | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
εἰςP111 · P75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | hierusalem | iret | to | ܝܫܘܥ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
ἸερουσαλὴμP111 · P75 | Jerusalem | Ἰερουσαλὴμ | Jerusalem | ϊερουσαλημ | | | in | in | Jerusalem | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem | Ἱερουσαλήμ | Jerusalem | |||||
καὶP111 · P75 | that | καὶ | that | και | | | ipse | Jerusalem | that | — | — | καὶ | that | |||||
αὐτὸςP111 · P75 | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | αυτος | | | praeteribat | transibat | He himself | ܥܒܪ | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | |||||
διήρχετοP111 · P75 | was passing | διήρχετο | was passing | διηρχετο | | | per | per | was passing | ܗܘܐ | was passing | διήρχετο | was passing | |||||
διὰP111 · P75 | through | διὰ | through | — | | | et | — | — | — | — | διὰ | through | |||||
μέσονP111 · P75 | the midst | μέσον | the midst | μεσον | | | medium | mediam | the midst | ܒܝܬ | the midst | μέσου | the midst | |||||
ΣαμαρείαςP111 · P75 | of Samaria | Σαμαρείας | of Samaria | σαμαρειας | | | samariae | Samariam | of Samaria | ܫܡܪܝܐ | of Samaria | Σαμαρείας | of Samaria | |||||
καὶP111 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
Γαλιλαίας.P111 · P75 | Galilee. | Γαλιλαίας. | Galilee. | γαλιλαιας | | | galilaeae | Galilæam | Galilee. | ܠܓܠܝܠܐ | Galilee. | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee. | |||||
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