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 | ܘܝܬܒ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ανεκαθισενP75 | sat up | ἀνεκάθισεν | sat up | ανεκαθισεν | | | resedit | resedit | sat up | — | — | ἀνεκάθισεν | sat up | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | coepit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
νεκροσP75 | dead man | νεκρὸς | dead man | νεκρος | | | — | erat | dead man | ܗܘ | dead man | νεκρός | dead man | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | mortuus | mortuus | and | ܡܝܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηρξατοP75 | began | ἤρξατο | began | ηρξατο | | | et | et | began | — | — | ἤρξατο | began | |||||
λαλεινP75 | to speak. | λαλεῖν. | to speak. | λαλειν | | | — | cœpit | to speak. | ܘܫܪܝ | to speak. | λαλεῖν | to speak. | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | loqui | loqui | and | — | — | Καὶ | and | |||||
εδωκενP75 | He gave | ἔδωκεν | He gave | εδωκεν | | | et | Et | He gave | ܠܡܡܠܠܘ | He gave | ἔδωκεν | He gave | |||||
αυτονP75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | dedit | dedit | him | ܘܝܗܒܗ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
τηP75 | to the | τῇ | to the | τη | | | eum | illum | to the | — | — | τῇ | to the | |||||
μητριP75 | mother | μητρὶ | mother | μητρι | | | matri | matri | mother | — | — | μητρὶ | mother | |||||
αυτουP75 | of him. | αὐτοῦ. | of him. | αυτου | | | suae | suæ | of him. | ܠܐܡܗ | of him. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | |||||
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