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 | ||||||||||||
καιP4 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
οτεP4 · P75 | when | ὅτε | when | οτε | | | cum | cum | when | — | — | ὅτε | when | |||||
εγενετοP4 · P75 | it became | ἐγένετο | it became | εγενετο | | | dies | dies | it became | ܢܓܗܬ | it became | ἐγένετο | it became | |||||
ημεραP4 · P75 | day, | ἡμέρα, | day, | ημερα | | | facta | factus | day, | ܩܪܐ | day, | ἡμέρα | day, | |||||
προσεφωνησενP4 · P75 | He called to Him | προσεφώνησεν | He called to Him | — | | | est | esset | He called to Him | — | — | προσεφώνησεν | He called to Him | |||||
τουσP4 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | uocauit | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
μαθητασP4 · P75 | disciples | μαθητὰς | disciples | μαθητας | | | discipulos | discipulos | disciples | ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθητὰς | disciples | |||||
αυτουP4 · P75 | of Him, | αὐτοῦ, | of Him, | αυτου | | | suos | suos | of Him, | ܘܓܒܐ | of Him, | αὐτοῦ | of Him, | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | — | — | καὶ | also | |||||
εκλεξαμενοσP4 · P75 | having chosen out | ἐκλεξάμενος | having chosen out | εκλεξαμενος | | | eligens | elegit | having chosen out | ܡܢܗܘܢ | having chosen out | ἐκλεξάμενος | having chosen out | |||||
απP4 · P75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | ab | duodecim | from | ܬܪܥܤܪ | from | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
αυτωνP4 · P75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | eis | ex | them | — | — | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
ουσP4 · P75 | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | — | | | xii | ipsis | twelve | ܗܢܘܢ | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | |||||
καιP4 · P75 | whom | οὓς | whom | ους | | | quos | quos | whom | ܕܫܠܝܚܐ | whom | οὓς | whom | |||||
αποστολουσP4 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | — | — | καὶ | also | |||||
ωνομασενP4 · P75 | apostles | ἀποστόλους | apostles | αποστολους | | | apostolos | apostolos | apostles | ܫܡܝ | apostles | ἀποστόλους | apostles | |||||
ὠνόμασεν·P4 · P75 | He named: | ὠνόμασεν· | He named: | — | | | uocauit | nominavit | He named: | ܐܢܘܢ | He named: | ὠνόμασεν | He named: | |||||
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