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 | ܘܫܕܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
απεστειλενP75 | He sent | ἀπέστειλεν | He sent | απεστειλεν | | | misit | misit | He sent | ܝܫܘܥ | He sent | ἀπέστειλεν | He sent | |||||
πετρονP75 | Peter | Πέτρον | Peter | πετρον | | | petrum | Petrum | Peter | ܠܟܐܦܐ | Peter | Πέτρον | Peter | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܝܘܚܢܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιωανηνP75 | John | Ἰωάννην | John | — | | | iohanen | Joannem | John | ܘܐܡܪ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | |||||
ειπωνP75 | having said; | εἰπών· | having said; | ειπων | | | dicens | dicens | having said; | — | — | εἰπών | having said; | |||||
πορευθεντεσP75 | Having gone | πορευθέντες | Having gone | πορευθεντες | | | euntes | Euntes | Having gone | ܠܗܘܢ | Having gone | Πορευθέντες | Having gone | |||||
ετοιμασατεP75 | do prepare | ἑτοιμάσατε | do prepare | ετοιμασατε | | | parate | parate | do prepare | ܙܠܘ | do prepare | ἑτοιμάσατε | do prepare | |||||
ημινP75 | for us | ἡμῖν | for us | ημειν | | | nobis | nobis | for us | ܛܝܒܘ | for us | ἡμῖν | for us | |||||
τοP75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
πασχαP75 | Passover | πάσχα | Passover | πασχα | | | pascha | pascha | Passover | ܠܢ | Passover | Πάσχα | Passover | |||||
ιναP75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܦܨܚܐ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
φαγωμενP75 | we may eat it. | φάγωμεν. | we may eat it. | φαγωμεν | | | manducemus | manducemus | we may eat it. | ܕܢܠܥܤ | we may eat it. | φάγωμεν | we may eat it. | |||||
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