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 | ܚܙܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ειδενP75 | He saw | εἶδεν | He saw | ϊδεν | | | uidit | vidit | He saw | ܤܦܝܢܐ | He saw | εἶδεν | He saw | |||||
δυοP75 | two | δύο | two | δυο | | | duas | duas | two | ܬܪܬܝܢ | two | δύο | two | |||||
πλοιαP75 | boats | πλοῖα | boats | πλοια | | | naues | naves | boats | — | — | πλοῖα | boats | |||||
εστωταP75 | already lying | ἑστῶτα | already lying | εστωτα | | | stantes | stantes | already lying | ܕܩܝܡܢ | already lying | ἑστῶτα | already lying | |||||
παραP75 | by | παρὰ | by | παρα | | | ad | secus | by | ܥܠ | by | παρὰ | by | |||||
τηνP75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
λιμνηνP75 | lake. | λίμνην. | lake. | — | | | ab | — | — | ܓܢܒ | lake. | λίμνην | lake. | |||||
οιP75 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | but | δὲ | but | δε | | | stagnum | stagnum | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | but | |||||
αλιεισP75 | the fishermen | ἁλιεῖς | the fishermen | αλιεις | | | piscatores | piscatores | the fishermen | ܘܨܝܕܐ | the fishermen | ἁλιεῖς | the fishermen | |||||
απP75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | autem | autem | from | ܕܤܠܩܘ | from | ἀποβάντες | from | |||||
αυτωνP75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | eis | descenderant | them | — | — | ἀπ’ | them | |||||
αποβαντεσP75 | having gone out | ἀποβάντες | having gone out | αποβαντες | | | exientes | et | having gone out | ܡܢܗܝܢ | having gone out | αὐτῶν | having gone out | |||||
επλυνονP75 | were washing | ἔπλυνον | were washing | επλυνον | | | — | lavabant | were washing | ܘܡܫܝܓܝܢ | were washing | ἀπέπλυναν | were washing | |||||
ταP75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | lababant | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
δικτυαP75 | nets. | δίκτυα. | nets. | δικτυα | | | retiam | retia | nets. | ܡܨܝܕܬܗܘܢ | nets. | δίκτυα | nets. | |||||
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