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 | ܘܗܦܟܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
υποστρεψαντεσP75 | having returned | ὑποστρέψαντες | having returned | ϋποστρεψαντες | | | conuersi | reversi | ? | ܗܢܘܢ | having returned | ὑποστρέψαντες | having returned | |||||
εισP75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | qui | qui | who/which | ܕܐܫܬܕܪܘ | to | οἱ | to | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | — | | | erant | — | — | — | — | πεμφθέντες | the | |||||
οικονP75 | house | οἶκον | house | οικον | | | missi | fuerant | ? | ܠܒܝܬܐ | house | εἰς | house | |||||
οιP75 | the ones | οἱ | the ones | οι | | | sanum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the ones | |||||
πεμφθεντεσP75 | having been sent | πεμφθέντες | having been sent | πεμφθεντες | | | — | domum | ? | ܘܐܫܟܚܘ | having been sent | οἶκον | having been sent | |||||
ευρονP75 | found | εὗρον | found | ευρον | | | domum | invenerunt | ? | ܠܥܒܕܐ | found | εὗρον | found | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | inuenerunt | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
δουλονP75 | ailing | ἀσθενοῦντα | ailing | ασθενουντα | | | in | qui | who/which | ܗܘ | ailing | ἀσθενοῦντα | ailing | |||||
υγιαινονταP75 | servant | δοῦλον | servant | — | | | serui | languerat | ? | ܕܟܪܝܗ | servant | δοῦλον | servant | |||||
ὑγιαίνοντα.¶P75 | in good health. | ὑγιαίνοντα.¶ | in good health. | ϋγιαινοντα | | | aegrum | sanum | ? | ܗܘܐ | in good health. | ὑγιαίνοντα | in good health. | |||||
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