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 | ܘܗܘܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εγενετοP75 | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | εγενετο | | | factum | factum | it came to pass | — | — | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | |||||
ενP75 | during | ἐν | during | εν | | | est | est | during | ܕܟܕ | during | ἐν | during | |||||
τωP75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | cum | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ευλογεινP75 | blessing | εὐλογεῖν | blessing | ευλογειν | | | — | dum | blessing | ܡܒܪܟ | blessing | εὐλογεῖν | blessing | |||||
αυτονP75 | by Him | αὐτὸν | by Him | αυτον | | | benediceret | benediceret | by Him | — | — | αὐτὸν | by Him | |||||
αυτουσP75 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | — | illis | them | ܠܗܘܢ | them | αὐτούς | them | |||||
διεστηP75 | He was separated | διέστη | He was separated | — | | | — | recessit | He was separated | — | — | διέστη | He was separated | |||||
απP75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | ab | ab | from | ܐܬܦܪܫ | from | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
αυτωνP75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | eis | eis | them | — | — | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | eos | et | and | ܡܢܗܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ανεφερετοP75 | was carried up | ἀνεφέρετο | was carried up | — | | | — | ferebatur | was carried up | ܘܤܠܩ | was carried up | ἀνεφέρετο | was carried up | |||||
εισP75 | into | εἰς | into | — | | | — | in | into | — | — | εἰς | into | |||||
τονP75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ουρανονP75 | heaven. | οὐρανόν. | heaven. | — | | | discessit | cælum | heaven. | ܠܫܡܝܐ | heaven. | οὐρανόν | heaven. | |||||
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