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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | It came to pass | Ἐγένετο | It came to pass | εγενετο | | | factum | Factum | It came to pass | ܗܘܐ | It came to pass | Ἐγένετο | It came to pass | |||||
εγενετοP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | est | est | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | autem | autem | in | ܟܕ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP75 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | gennesared | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | eo | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
οχλονP75 | crowd | ὄχλον | crowd | οχλον | | | — | cum | crowd | ܟܢܫ | crowd | ὄχλον | crowd | |||||
επικεισθαιP75 | pressing on | ἐπικεῖσθαι | pressing on | επικεισθαι | | | dum | turbæ | pressing on | ܥܠܘܗܝ | pressing on | ἐπικεῖσθαι | pressing on | |||||
αυτωP75 | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | populus | irruerunt | Him | ܟܢܫܐ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | |||||
καιP75 | also | καὶ | also | — | | | in | in | also | ܠܡܫܡܥ | also | τοῦ | also | |||||
ακουεινP75 | to hear | ἀκούειν | to hear | — | | | eum | eum | to hear | ܡܠܬܐ | to hear | ἀκούειν | to hear | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
λογονP75 | word | λόγον | word | — | | | ut | ut | word | — | — | λόγον | word | |||||
τουP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | super | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP75 | of God | θεοῦ | of God | θυ | | | audiret | audirent | of God | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | uerbum | verbum | and | ܘܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αυτοσP75 | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | — | | | dei | Dei | He himself | ܩܐܡ | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | |||||
ηνP75 | was | ἦν | was | — | | | esset | et | was | ܗܘܐ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
εστωσP75 | already standing | ἑστὼς | already standing | — | | | — | ipse | already standing | ܥܠ | already standing | ἑστὼς | already standing | |||||
παραP75 | by | παρὰ | by | παρα | | | stante | stabat | by | ܝܕ | by | παρὰ | by | |||||
τηνP75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | illo | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
λιμνηP75 | lake | λίμνην | lake | λιμνην | | | ad | secus | lake | ܝܡܬܐ | lake | λίμνην | lake | |||||
γεννησαρετP75 | of Gennesaret | Γεννησαρὲτ | of Gennesaret | — | | | stagnum | stagnum | of Gennesaret | ܕܓܢܤܪ | of Gennesaret | Γεννησαρέτ | of Gennesaret | |||||
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