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 | ||||||||||||
καιP141 | And | Καὶ | And | — | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܢܫܘܗܝ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
επορευοντοP141 | were going | ἐπορεύοντο | were going | επορευοντο | | | ibant | ibant | were going | ܒܟܠ | were going | ἐπορεύοντο | were going | |||||
οιP141 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | parentes | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
γονειςP141 | parents | γονεῖς | parents | γονεις | | | eius | ejus | parents | — | — | γονεῖς | parents | |||||
αυτουP141 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | autem | per | of Him | ܫܢܐ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
κατP141 | every | κατ᾽ | every | — | | | secundum | omnes | every | ܐܙܠܝܢ | every | κατ’ | every | |||||
ετοσP141 | year | ἔτος | year | ετος | | | tempus | annos | year | ܗܘܘ | year | ἔτος | year | |||||
εισP141 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
ιερουσαλημP141 | Jerusalem | Ἰερουσαλὴμ | Jerusalem | ϊερουσαλημ | | | hierusalem | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | — | — | Ἱερουσαλὴμ | Jerusalem | |||||
τηP141 | at the | τῇ | at the | τη | | | in | in | at the | — | — | τῇ | at the | |||||
εορτηP141 | feast | ἑορτῇ | feast | εορτη | | | die | die | feast | ܒܥܕܥܕܐ | feast | ἑορτῇ | feast | |||||
τουP141 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | festo | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
πασχαP141 | Passover. | πάσχα.¶ | Passover. | πασχα | | | paschae | Paschæ | Passover. | ܕܦܨܚܐ | Passover. | Πάσχα | Passover. | |||||
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