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 | ||||||||||||
καὶP69 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | autem | Et | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
γενόμενοςP69 · P75 | having been | γενόμενος | having been | γενομενος | | | — | — | — | ܗܘܐ | having been | γενόμενος | having been | |||||
ἐνP69 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | factus | factus | in | ܒܕܚܠܬܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ἀγωνίᾳP69 · P75 | agony | ἀγωνίᾳ | agony | αγωνια | | | est | est | agony | — | — | ἀγωνίᾳ | agony | |||||
ἐκτενέστερονP69 · P75 | more earnestly | ἐκτενέστερον | more earnestly | εκτενεστερον | | | — | — | — | ܬܟܝܒܐܝܬ | more earnestly | ἐκτενέστερον | more earnestly | |||||
προσηύχετο.P69 · P75 | He was praying. | προσηύχετο. | He was praying. | προσηυχετο | | | sudor | sudor | He was praying. | ܡܨܠܐ | He was praying. | προσηύχετο | He was praying. | |||||
καὶP69 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | eius | ejus | And | ܗܘܐ | And | Ἐγένετο | And | |||||
ἐγένετοP69 · P75 | became | ἐγένετο | became | εγενετο | | | — | — | — | ܘܗܘܬ | became | δὲ | became | |||||
δὲP69 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | sicut | sicut | now | ܕܝܢ | but | ὁ | now | |||||
ὁP69 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | buccellae | — | — | — | — | ἱδρὼς | the | |||||
ἱδρὼςP69 · P75 | sweat | ἱδρὼς | sweat | ϊδρως | | | — | — | — | ܕܘܥܬܗ | sweat | αὐτοῦ | sweat | |||||
αὐτοῦP69 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | — | guttæ | of Him | ܐܝܟ | of Him | ὡσεὶ | of Him | |||||
ὡσεὶP69 · P75 | like | ὡσεὶ | like | — | | | sanguinis | sanguinis | like | ܫܠܬܐ | like | θρόμβοι | like | |||||
θρόμβοιP69 · P75 | great drops | θρόμβοι | great drops | θρομβοι | | | descendentes | — | — | ܕܕܡܐ | great drops | αἵματος | great drops | |||||
αἵματοςP69 · P75 | of blood | αἵματος | of blood | — | | | — | decurrentis | of blood | — | — | καταβαίνοντες | of blood | |||||
καταβαίνοντεςP69 · P75 | falling down | καταβαίνοντες | falling down | κατα | | | — | in | falling down | ܘܢܦܠ | falling down | ἐπὶ | falling down | |||||
ἐπὶP69 · P75 | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | — | — | — | ܥܠ | upon | τὴν | upon | |||||
τὴνP69 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | super | — | — | — | — | γῆν | the | |||||
γῆν.]]P69 · P75 | ground. | γῆν.]] | ground. | γην | | | terram | terram | ground. | ܐܪܥܐ | ground. | γῆν.]] | ground. | |||||
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