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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | — | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܝܬ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | — | | | in | in | in | ܗܘܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | — | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | συναγωγῇ | synagogue | — | | | synagoga | synagoga | synagogue | ܒܟܢܘܫܬܐ | synagogue | συναγωγῇ | synagogue | ||||||
| — | ἦν | was | ην | | | erat | erat | was | ܓܒܪܐ | was | ἦν | was | ||||||
| — | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | homo | a man | ܕܐܝܬ | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ||||||
| — | ἔχων | having | εχων | | | habens | habens | having | ܗܘܐ | having | ἔχων | having | ||||||
| — | πνεῦμα | a spirit | πνα | | | — | — | — | ܒܗ | a spirit | πνεῦμα | a spirit | ||||||
| — | δαιμονίου | of a demon | — | | | daemonium | dæmonium | of a demon | ܪܘܚܐ | of a demon | δαιμονίου | of a demon | ||||||
| — | ἀκαθάρτου, | unclean, | — | | | — | immundum | unclean, | ܕܫܐܕܐ | unclean, | ἀκαθάρτου | unclean, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | inmundum | et | and | ܛܢܦܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀνέκραξεν | he cried out | ανεκραξεν | | | exclamauit | exclamavit | he cried out | ܘܙܥܩ | he cried out | ἀνέκραξεν | he cried out | ||||||
| — | φωνῇ | in a voice | φωνη | | | uoce | voce | in a voice | ܒܩܠܐ | in a voice | φωνῇ | in a voice | ||||||
| — | μεγάλῃ· | loud; | μεγαλη | | | magna | magna | loud; | ܪܡܐ | loud; | μεγάλῃ | loud; | ||||||
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