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 | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εγενετοP75 | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | εγενετο | | | factus | factum | it came to pass | ܗܢܘܢ | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | |||||
ενP75 | during | ἐν | during | εν | | | est | est | during | ܡܡܠܠܝܢ | during | ἐν | during | |||||
τωP75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ομειλεινP75 | talking | ὁμιλεῖν | talking | ομειλειν | | | fabulari | fabularentur | talking | ܚܕ | talking | ὁμιλεῖν | talking | |||||
αυτουσP75 | by them | αὐτοὺς | by them | αυτους | | | et | et | by them | ܥܡ | by them | αὐτοὺς | by them | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | eo | secum | and | ܚܕ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
συνζητεινP75 | reasoning | συζητεῖν | reasoning | — | | | eos | quærerent | reasoning | ܐܬܐ | reasoning | συζητεῖν | reasoning | |||||
καιP75 | that | καὶ | that | και | | | et | et | that | ܗܘ | that | καὶ | that | |||||
αυτοσP75 | Himself | αὐτὸς | Himself | — | | | adpropians | ipse | Himself | ܝܫܘܥ | Himself | αὐτὸς | Himself | |||||
ισP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
εγγισασP75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | — | appropinquans | Jesus | ܐܢܘܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
συνεπορευετοP75 | having drawn near | ἐγγίσας | having drawn near | εγγισας | | | ibat | ibat | having drawn near | ܘܡܗܠܟ | having drawn near | ἐγγίσας | having drawn near | |||||
αυτοισP75 | He was walking along | συνεπορεύετο | He was walking along | συνεπορευετο | | | cum | cum | He was walking along | ܗܘܐ | He was walking along | συνεπορεύετο | He was walking along | |||||
αὐτοῖς.P75 | with them. | αὐτοῖς. | with them. | αυτοις | | | illis | illis | with them. | ܥܡܗܘܢ | with them. | αὐτοῖς | with them. | |||||
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