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 | However | καὶ | However | και | | | et | Et | However | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | However | Καὶ | However | |||||
ετερονP75 | other | ἕτερον | other | — | | | aliud | aliud | other | ܢܦܠ | other | ἕτερον | other | |||||
κατεπεσενP75 | fell | κατέπεσεν | fell | — | | | cecidit | cecidit | fell | ܥܠ | fell | ἔπεσεν | fell | |||||
επιP75 | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | super | supra | upon | ܫܘܥܐ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | |||||
πετρανP75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | cum | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
καιP75 | rock, | πέτραν, | rock, | πετραν | | | petram | petram | rock, | ܘܒܪ | rock, | πέτραν | rock, | |||||
φυενP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܫܥܬܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εξηρανθηP75 | having sprung up | φυὲν | having sprung up | φυεν | | | creuisset | natum | having sprung up | ܝܥܐ | having sprung up | φυὲν | having sprung up | |||||
διαP75 | it withered | ἐξηράνθη | it withered | εξηρανθη | | | factum | aruit | it withered | ܘܕܠܝܬ | it withered | ἐξηράνθη | it withered | |||||
τοP75 | through | διὰ | through | δια | | | est | quia | through | ܗܘܐ | through | διὰ | through | |||||
μηP75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | propter | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
εχεινP75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܠܗ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
ικμαδαP75 | having | ἔχειν | having | εχειν | | | habebat | habebat | having | ܬܠܝܠܘܬܐ | having | ἔχειν | having | |||||
ἰκμάδα.P75 | moisture. | ἰκμάδα. | moisture. | ϊκμαδα | | | — | humorem | moisture. | ܝܒܫ | moisture. | ἰκμάδα | moisture. | |||||
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