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 | ܘܢܤܒ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
δεξαμενοσP75 | having received | δεξάμενος | having received | δεξαμενος | | | accipite | accepto | having received | ܟܤܐ | having received | δεξάμενος | having received | |||||
ποτηριονP75 | the cup | ποτήριον | the cup | ποτηριον | | | calicem | calice | the cup | — | — | ποτήριον | the cup | |||||
ευχαριστησασP75 | having given thanks | εὐχαριστήσας | having given thanks | ευχαριστησας | | | benedicens | gratias | having given thanks | ܘܐܘܕܝ | having given thanks | εὐχαριστήσας | having given thanks | |||||
ειπενP75 | He said; | εἶπεν· | He said; | ειπεν | | | hoc | egit | He said; | ܘܐܡܪ | He said; | εἶπεν | He said; | |||||
λαβετεP75 | do take | λάβετε | do take | λαβετε | | | et | et | do take | — | — | Λάβετε | do take | |||||
τουτοP75 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | dixit | dixit | this | ܤܒܘ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | accipiens | Accipite | and | ܗܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
διαμερισατεP75 | do divide it | διαμερίσατε | do divide it | διαμερισατε | | | — | et | do divide it | — | — | διαμερίσατε | do divide it | |||||
εισP75 | among | εἰς | among | — | | | partimini | dividite | among | ܘܦܠܓܘ | among | ἑαυτοῖς | among | |||||
εαυτουσP75 | yourselves; | ἑαυτούς· | yourselves; | — | | | uobis | inter | yourselves; | ܒܝܢܬܟܘܢ | yourselves; | ἑαυτούς· | yourselves; | |||||
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