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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | and | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εγενετοP45 · P75 | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | εγενετο | | | factum | facta | ? | ܗܘ | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | during | ἐν | during | εν | | | est | est | is | — | — | ἐν | during | |||||
τωιP45 · P75 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | cum | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
προσευξασθαιP45 · P75 | praying | προσεύχεσθαι | praying | προσευχεσθαι | | | — | dum | ? | ܡܨܠܐ | praying | προσεύχεσθαι | praying | |||||
αυτονP45 · P75 | by Him | αὐτὸν | by Him | αυτον | | | oraret | oraret | ? | ܐܬܚܠܦ | by Him | αὐτόν | by Him | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | — | | | mutata | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
ειδοσP45 · P75 | appearance | εἶδος | appearance | — | | | species | vultus | ? | — | — | εἶδος | appearance | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
προσωπουP45 · P75 | face | προσώπου | face | προσωπου | | | uultus | ejus | ? | ܚܙܘܐ | face | προσώπου | face | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | altera | ? | ܕܐܦܘܗܝ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
ετερονP45 · P75 | was altered, | ἕτερον, | was altered, | — | | | est | et | and | — | — | ἕτερον | was altered, | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | vestitus | ? | ܘܢܚܬܘܗܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ιματισμοσP45 · P75 | clothing | ἱματισμὸς | clothing | ϊματισμος | | | uestimenta | ejus | ? | ܚܘܪܘ | clothing | ἱματισμὸς | clothing | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | albus | ? | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
λευκοσP45 · P75 | white | λευκὸς | white | λευκος | | | alba | et | and | ܘܡܒܪܩܝܢ | white | λευκὸς | white | |||||
εξαστραπτωνP45 · P75 | became dazzling. | ἐξαστράπτων. | became dazzling. | εξαστραπτων | | | scoruscantia | refulgens | ? | ܗܘܘ | became dazzling. | ἐξαστράπτων | became dazzling. | |||||
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