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 | — | | | deuenerunt | Et | And | ܘܪܕܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
κατεπλευσανP75 | they sailed down | κατέπλευσαν | they sailed down | κατεπλευσαν | | | — | navigaverunt | they sailed down | ܘܐܬܘ | they sailed down | κατέπλευσαν | they sailed down | |||||
εισP75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | — | ad | to | ܠܐܬܪܐ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
τηνP75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
χωρανP75 | region | χώραν | region | χωραν | | | regionem | regionem | region | ܕܓܕܪܝܐ | region | χώραν | region | |||||
τωνP75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
γερασηνωνP75 | Gerasenes | Γερασηνῶν | Gerasenes | γερασηνων | | | gerasenorum | Gerasenorum | Gerasenes | — | — | Γαδαρηνῶν | Gerasenes | |||||
ητισP75 | which | ἥτις | which | ητις | | | quae | quæ | which | ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ | which | ἥτις | which | |||||
εστινP75 | is | ἐστὶν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܒܥܒܪܐ | is | ἐστὶν | is | |||||
αντιπεραP75 | opposite | ἀντιπέρα | opposite | αντιπερα | | | contra | contra | opposite | ܠܘܩܒܠ | opposite | ἀντιπέραν | opposite | |||||
τησP75 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
γαλιλαιασP75 | Galilee. | Γαλιλαίας.¶ | Galilee. | γαλιλαιας | | | galilaeam | Galilæam | Galilee. | ܓܠܝܠܐ | Galilee. | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee. | |||||
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