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 | — | | | — | Et | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
τουτοP75 | this | τοῦτο | this | — | | | — | cum | this | ܗܠܝܢ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
ειπωνP75 | having said | εἰπὼν | having said | — | | | — | hoc | having said | ܐܡܪ | having said | εἰπὼν | having said | |||||
εδειξενP75 | He showed | ἔδειξεν | He showed | — | | | — | dixisset | He showed | — | — | ἐπέδειξεν | He showed | |||||
αυτοισP75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | — | | | — | ostendit | to them | ܚܘܝ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
τασP75 | the | τὰς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
χειρασP75 | hands | χεῖρας | hands | — | | | — | eis | hands | ܐܢܘܢ | hands | χεῖρας | hands | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | manus | and | ܐܝܕܘܗܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τουσP75 | the | τοὺς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
ποδασP75 | feet. | πόδας. | feet. | — | | | — | et | feet. | ܘܪܓܠܘܗܝ | feet. | πόδας | feet. | |||||
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