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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܟܠܗܘܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
παντεσP75 | all | πάντες | all | παντες | | | omnes | omnis | all | ܟܢܫܐ | all | πάντες | all | |||||
οιP75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | uenerant | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
συνπαραγενομενοιP75 | having come together | συμπαραγενόμενοι | having come together | — | | | populi | eorum | having come together | ܐܝܠܝܢ | having come together | συμπαραγενόμενοι | having come together | |||||
οχλοιP75 | crowds | ὄχλοι | crowds | — | | | qui | qui | crowds | ܕܟܢܝܫܝܢ | crowds | ὄχλοι | crowds | |||||
επιP75 | to | ἐπὶ | to | επι | | | simul | simul | to | ܗܘܘ | to | ἐπὶ | to | |||||
τηνP75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | — | | | ad | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
θεωριανP75 | spectacle | θεωρίαν | spectacle | θεωρεια | | | facta | ad | spectacle | ܠܚܙܬܐ | spectacle | θεωρίαν | spectacle | |||||
ταυτηνP75 | this, | ταύτην, | this, | — | | | spectaculum | spectaculum | this, | ܗܕܐ | this, | ταύτην | this, | |||||
θεωρησαντεσP75 | having seen | θεωρήσαντες | having seen | θεωρησαντες | | | sunt | istud | having seen | ܟܕ | having seen | θεωροῦντες | having seen | |||||
ταP75 | the things | τὰ | the things | τα | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the things | |||||
γενομεναP75 | having taken place, | γενόμενα, | having taken place, | γενομενα | | | uidentes | videbant | having taken place, | ܚܙܘ | having taken place, | γενόμενα | having taken place, | |||||
τυπτοντεσP75 | beating | τύπτοντες | beating | τυπτοντες | | | quae | quæ | beating | ܡܕܡ | beating | τύπτοντες | beating | |||||
ταP75 | their own | ἑαυτῶν | their own | — | | | frontes | fiebant | their own | ܕܗܘܐ | their own | ἑαυτῶν | their own | |||||
στηθηP75 | <the> | τὰ | <the> | τα | | | percutientes | — | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | |||||
υπεστρεφονP75 | breasts | στήθη | breasts | στηθη | | | pectora | pectora | breasts | ܗܦܟܘ | breasts | στήθη | breasts | |||||
ὑπέστρεφον.¶P75 | were returning home. | ὑπέστρεφον.¶ | were returning home. | — | | | reuertebantur | sua | were returning home. | ܟܕ | were returning home. | ὑπέστρεφον | were returning home. | |||||
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