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 | ||||||||||||
εξηγαγενP75 | He led | Ἐξήγαγεν | He led | εξηγαγεν | | | eduxit | Eduxit | He led | ܘܐܦܩ | He led | Ἐξήγαγεν | He led | |||||
δεP75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
αυτουσP75 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them | ܐܢܘܢ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
εωσP75 | out | ἔξω | out | εξω | | | foras | foras | out | ܥܕܡܐ | out | ἔξω | out | |||||
προσP75 | until | ἕως | until | — | | | ad | in | until | — | — | ἕως | until | |||||
βηθανιανP75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | bethaniam | Bethaniam | to | ܠܒܝܬ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
καιP75 | Bethany, | Βηθανίαν, | Bethany, | βηθανιαν | | | — | — | — | ܥܢܝܐ | Bethany, | Βηθανίαν | Bethany, | |||||
απαρασP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | lebans | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
τασP75 | having lifted up | ἐπάρας | having lifted up | επαρας | | | — | elevatis | having lifted up | ܘܐܪܝܡ | having lifted up | ἐπάρας | having lifted up | |||||
χειρασP75 | the | τὰς | the | τας | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
αυτουP75 | hands | χεῖρας | hands | χειρας | | | manus | manibus | hands | ܐܝܕܘܗܝ | hands | χεῖρας | hands | |||||
ευλογησενP75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | — | | | — | suis | of Him | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
αυτουσP75 | He blessed | εὐλόγησεν | He blessed | — | | | benedixit | benedixit | He blessed | ܘܒܪܟ | He blessed | εὐλόγησεν | He blessed | |||||
αὐτούς.P75 | them. | αὐτούς. | them. | αυτους | | | eos | eis | them. | ܐܢܘܢ | them. | αὐτούς | them. | |||||
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