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 | ||||||||||||
καιP4 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܢܚܬ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
κατηλθενP4 | He went down | κατῆλθεν | He went down | κατηλθεν | | | descendit | descendit | He went down | — | — | κατῆλθεν | He went down | |||||
εισP4 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܠܟܦܪܢܚܘܡ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
καφαρναουμP4 | Capernaum | Καφαρναοὺμ | Capernaum | καφαρναουμ | | | cafarnaum | — | — | ܡܕܝܢܬܐ | Capernaum | Καπερναοὺμ | Capernaum | |||||
πολινP4 | a city | πόλιν | a city | πολιν | | | ad | Capharnaum | a city | — | — | πόλιν | a city | |||||
τησP4 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
γαλιλαιασP4 | of Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | of Galilee | γαλιλαιας | | | ciuitatem | civitatem | of Galilee | ܕܓܠܝܠܐ | of Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | of Galilee | |||||
καιP4 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | galilaeae | Galilææ | And | ܘܡܠܦ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
ηνP4 | He was | ἦν | He was | — | | | zabulon | ibique | He was | — | — | ἦν | He was | |||||
διδασκωνP4 | teaching | διδάσκων | teaching | — | | | — | — | — | ܗܘܐ | teaching | διδάσκων | teaching | |||||
αυτουσP4 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | — | | | docens | docebat | them | ܠܗܘܢ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
ενP4 | on | ἐν | on | εν | | | — | illos | on | — | — | ἐν | on | |||||
τοισP4 | the | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | |||||
σαββασινP4 | Sabbaths. | σάββασιν. | Sabbaths. | σαββασιν | | | sabbatis | sabbatis | Sabbaths. | ܒܫܒܐ | Sabbaths. | σάββασιν | Sabbaths. | |||||
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