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 | ||||||||||||
εξελθονταP75 | Having gone out | ἐξελθόντα | Having gone out | εξελθοντα | | | exissent | Exierunt | Having gone out | ܘܢܦܩܘ | Having gone out | Ἐξελθόντα | Having gone out | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | cum | ergo | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
ταP75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
δαιμονιαP75 | demons | δαιμόνια | demons | δαιμονια | | | — | dæmonia | demons | ܡܢ | demons | δαιμόνια | demons | |||||
αποP75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | — | | | ab | ab | from | — | — | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
τουP75 | the | τοῦ | the | — | | | suffocata | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
ανουP75 | man | ἀνθρώπου | man | ανθρωπου | | | homine | homine | man | ܓܒܪܐ | man | ἀνθρώπου | man | |||||
εισηλθονP75 | they entered | εἰσῆλθον | they entered | — | | | autem | et | they entered | ܘܥܠܘ | they entered | εἰσῆλθον | they entered | |||||
εισP75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | intraverunt | into | ܒܚܙܝܪܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τουσP75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | est | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
χοιρουσP75 | pigs, | χοίρους, | pigs, | χοιρους | | | in | in | pigs, | ܘܬܪܨܬ | pigs, | χοίρους | pigs, | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | porcos | porcos | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ωρμησενP75 | rushed | ὥρμησεν | rushed | ωρμησεν | | | — | et | rushed | ܒܩܪܐ | rushed | ὥρμησεν | rushed | |||||
ηP75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | daemonia | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
αγεληP75 | herd | ἀγέλη | herd | αγελη | | | abiit | impetu | herd | ܗܝ | herd | ἀγέλη | herd | |||||
καταP75 | down | κατὰ | down | κατα | | | abierunt | abiit | down | ܟܠܗ | down | κατὰ | down | |||||
τουP75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
κρημνουP75 | steep bank | κρημνοῦ | steep bank | κρημνου | | | grex | grex | steep bank | ܠܫܩܝܦܐ | steep bank | κρημνοῦ | steep bank | |||||
εισP75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | per | per | into | — | — | εἰς | into | |||||
τηνP75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
λιμνηνP75 | lake | λίμνην | lake | λιμνην | | | — | præceps | lake | ܘܢܦܠܘ | lake | λίμνην | lake | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | praecipitium | in | and | ܒܝܡܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
απεπνιγηP75 | was drowned. | ἀπεπνίγη.¶ | was drowned. | απεπνιγη | | | stagnum | stagnum | was drowned. | ܘܐܬܚܢܩܘ | was drowned. | ἀπεπνίγη | was drowned. | |||||
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