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 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
τουτοP4 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | — | | | mittentes | cum | this | ܗܕܐ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
ποιησαντεσP4 · P75 | having done | ποιήσαντες | having done | — | | | concluserunt | hoc | having done | ܥܒܕܘ | having done | ποιήσαντες | having done | |||||
συνεκλεισανP4 · P75 | they enclosed | συνέκλεισαν | they enclosed | — | | | multam | fecissent | they enclosed | ܚܒܫܘ | they enclosed | συνέκλεισαν | they enclosed | |||||
πληθοσP4 · P75 | a multitude | πλῆθος | a multitude | — | | | confestim | concluserunt | a multitude | ܢܘܢܐ | a multitude | πλῆθος | a multitude | |||||
ιχθυωνP4 · P75 | of fishes | ἰχθύων | of fishes | — | | | piscium | piscium | of fishes | — | — | ἰχθύων | of fishes | |||||
πολυP4 · P75 | great; | πολύ· | great; | — | | | multitudinem | multitudinem | great; | ܤܓܝܐܐ | great; | πολύ | great; | |||||
διερρησσετοP4 · P75 | were breaking | διερρήσσετο | were breaking | — | | | ut | copiosam | were breaking | ܕܛܒ | were breaking | διερρήγνυτο | were breaking | |||||
δεP4 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | rumperentur | rumpebatur | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ταP4 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | etiam | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
δικτυαP4 · P75 | nets | δίκτυα | nets | δικτυα | | | retias | rete | nets | ܗܘܬ | nets | δίκτυον | nets | |||||
αυτωνP4 · P75 | of them. | αὐτῶν. | of them. | — | | | retiae | eorum | of them. | ܡܨܝܕܬܗܘܢ | of them. | αὐτῶν | of them. | |||||
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