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 | ||||||||||||
καιP141 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ειπενP141 · P75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | He said | ܠܗܘܢ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
αυτοιςP141 · P75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | ad | eis | to them; | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
τίP141 · P75 | Why | τί | Why | τι | | | ille | — | — | ܝܫܘܥ | Why | Τί | Why | |||||
τεταραγμένοιP141 · P75 | troubled | τεταραγμένοι | troubled | τεταραγμενοι | | | quid | Quid | troubled | ܡܢܐ | troubled | τεταραγμένοι | troubled | |||||
ἐστὲP141 · P75 | are you | ἐστὲ | are you | — | | | illis | turbati | are you | ܡܬܙܝܥܝܢ | are you | ἐστέ | are you | |||||
καὶP141 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | estis | estis | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
διὰP141 · P75 | through | διὰ | through | — | | | quare | et | through | ܐܢܬܘܢ | through | διὰ | through | |||||
τίP141 · P75 | why | τί | why | — | | | cogitationes | cogitationes | why | ܘܡܢܐ | why | τί | why | |||||
διαλογισμοὶP141 · P75 | doubts | διαλογισμοὶ | doubts | διαλογισμοι | | | ascendunt | ascendunt | doubts | ܤܠܩܢ | doubts | διαλογισμοὶ | doubts | |||||
ἀναβαίνουσινP141 · P75 | do come up | ἀναβαίνουσιν | do come up | αναβαινουσιν | | | ut | — | — | ܡܚܫܒܬܐ | do come up | ἀναβαίνουσιν | do come up | |||||
ἐνP141 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
τῇP141 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | |||||
καρδίᾳP141 · P75 | heart | καρδίᾳ | heart | καρδια | | | cor | corda | heart | ܥܠ | heart | καρδίαις | heart | |||||
ὑμῶν;P141 · P75 | of you? | ὑμῶν; | of you? | ϋμων | | | uestrum | vestra | of you? | ܠܒܘܬܟܘܢ | of you? | ὑμῶν | of you? | |||||
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