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 | ||||||||||||
καιP69 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | et | Et | And | ܘܗܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αυτοσP69 · P75 | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | αυτος | | | ipse | ipse | He himself | ܦܪܩ | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | |||||
απεσπασθηP69 · P75 | withdrew | ἀπεσπάσθη | withdrew | — | | | autem | avulsus | withdrew | ܡܢܗܘܢ | withdrew | ἀπεσπάσθη | withdrew | |||||
απP69 · P75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | recessit | est | from | — | — | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
αυτωνP69 · P75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | ab | ab | them | ܐܝܟ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
ωσειP69 · P75 | about | ὡσεὶ | about | ωσει | | | eis | eis | about | ܡܫܕܐ | about | ὡσεὶ | about | |||||
λιθουP69 · P75 | a stone’s | λίθου | a stone’s | λιθου | | | quasi | quantum | a stone’s | ܟܐܦܐ | a stone’s | λίθου | a stone’s | |||||
βοληνP69 · P75 | throw, | βολήν, | throw, | βολην | | | — | jactus | throw, | ܘܤܡ | throw, | βολήν | throw, | |||||
καιP69 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | missionem | est | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
θεισP69 · P75 | having fallen on | θεὶς | having fallen on | θεις | | | lapides | lapidis | having fallen on | ܒܘܪܟܘܗܝ | having fallen on | θεὶς | having fallen on | |||||
ταP69 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | ponens | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
γοναταP69 · P75 | knees | γόνατα | knees | γονατα | | | orabat | positis | knees | ܘܡܨܠܐ | knees | γόνατα | knees | |||||
προσηυχετοP69 · P75 | He was praying | προσηύχετο | He was praying | — | | | genua | genibus | He was praying | ܗܘܐ | He was praying | προσηύχετο | He was praying | |||||
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