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 | ||||||||||||
κακεινοσP75 | And he | κἀκεῖνος | And he | — | | | ille | Et | And he | ܘܗܐ | And he | Κἀκεῖνος | And he | |||||
υμινP75 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | superiorem | ipse | you | ܗܘ | you | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
δειξειP75 | will show | δείξει | will show | δειξει | | | ostendet | ostendet | will show | ܡܚܘܐ | will show | δείξει | will show | |||||
αναγαιονP75 | an upper room | ἀνάγαιον | an upper room | αναγαιον | | | uobis | vobis | an upper room | ܠܟܘܢ | an upper room | ἀνώγεον | an upper room | |||||
μεγαP75 | large | μέγα | large | — | | | domum | cœnaculum | large | ܥܠܝܬܐ | large | μέγα | large | |||||
εστρωμενονP75 | furnished; | ἐστρωμένον· | furnished; | εστρωμενον | | | ibi | magnum | furnished; | ܚܕܐ | furnished; | ἐστρωμένον | furnished; | |||||
εκειP75 | there | ἐκεῖ | there | εκει | | | stratum | stratum | there | ܪܒܬܐ | there | ἐκεῖ | there | |||||
ετοιμασατεP75 | do prepare. | ἑτοιμάσατε. | do prepare. | ετοιμασατε | | | parate | et | do prepare. | ܕܡܫܘܝܐ | do prepare. | ἑτοιμάσατε | do prepare. | |||||
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