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 | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ετεροP75 | other | ἕτερον | other | — | | | aliud | aliud | other | ܢܦܠ | other | ἕτερον | other | |||||
επεσενP75 | fell | ἔπεσεν | fell | επεσεν | | | cecidit | cecidit | fell | — | — | ἔπεσεν | fell | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | in | inter | in | ܒܝܬ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
μεσωP75 | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | — | | | spinarum | spinas | the midst | ܟܘܒܐ | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | |||||
τωνP75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | medio | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
ακανθωνP75 | thorns, | ἀκανθῶν, | thorns, | ακανθων | | | et | et | thorns, | — | — | ἀκανθῶν | thorns, | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | simul | and | ܘܝܥܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
συμφυισαιP75 | having sprung up with it | συμφυεῖσαι | having sprung up with it | — | | | cum | exortæ | having sprung up with it | ܥܡܗ | having sprung up with it | συμφυεῖσαι | having sprung up with it | |||||
αιP75 | the | αἱ | the | αι | | | germinassent | — | — | — | — | αἱ | the | |||||
ακανθαιP75 | thorns | ἄκανθαι | thorns | ακανθαι | | | spinae | spinæ | thorns | — | — | ἄκανθαι | thorns | |||||
απεπνιξανP75 | choked | ἀπέπνιξαν | choked | απεπνιξαν | | | suffocauerunt | suffocaverunt | choked | ܟܘܒܐ | choked | ἀπέπνιξαν | choked | |||||
αυταP75 | it. | αὐτό. | it. | αυτο | | | illud | illud | it. | ܘܚܢܩܘܗܝ | it. | αὐτό | it. | |||||
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