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 | ||||||||||||
περιαψαντωνP75 | They having kindled around | περιαψάντων | They having kindled around | — | | | sedebat | Accenso | They having kindled around | ܐܘܚܕܘ | They having kindled around | Ἁψάντων | They having kindled around | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
πυρP75 | a fire | πῦρ | a fire | πυρ | | | ignem | igne | a fire | ܢܘܪܐ | a fire | πῦρ | a fire | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | incendentibus | in | in | ܡܨܥܬ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
μεσωP75 | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | μεσω | | | medio | medio | the midst | ܕܪܬܐ | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | |||||
τησP75 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
αυλησP75 | courtyard | αὐλῆς | courtyard | αυλης | | | atrio | atrii | courtyard | ܘܝܬܒܝܢ | courtyard | αὐλῆς | courtyard | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܗܘܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
συνκαθισαντωνP75 | when having sat down together | συγκαθισάντων | when having sat down together | — | | | circumsedentium | circumsedentibus | when having sat down together | ܚܕܪܝܗ | when having sat down together | συγκαθισάντων | when having sat down together | |||||
εκαθητοP75 | they | αὐτῶν | they | — | | | et | illis | they | ܘܝܬܒ | they | αὐτῶν | they | |||||
πετροσP75 | was sitting | ἐκάθητο | was sitting | εκαθητο | | | — | erat | was sitting | ܗܘܐ | was sitting | ἐκάθητο | was sitting | |||||
μεσοσP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | cum | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
αυτωνP75 | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | πετρος | | | petrus | Petrus | Peter | ܐܦ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | |||||
ἐνP75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | in | in | in | ܗܘ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
μέσοςP75 | midst | μέσος | midst | — | | | — | medio | midst | ܫܡܥܘܢ | midst | μέσῳ | midst | |||||
αὐτῶν.P75 | of them. | αὐτῶν. | of them. | αυτων | | | eis | eorum | of them. | ܒܝܢܬܗܘܢ | of them. | αὐτῶν | of them. | |||||
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