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 | ||||||||||||
οP45 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | petrus | Petrus | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
πετροσP45 · P75 | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | πετρος | | | autem | vero | Peter | ܗܘܘ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܗܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οιP45 · P75 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | stabant | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
συνP45 · P75 | with | σὺν | with | συν | | | qui | qui | with | ܒܫܢܬܐ | with | σὺν | with | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P75 | him | αὐτῷ | him | αυτω | | | cum | cum | him | ܫܡܥܘܢ | him | αὐτῷ | him | |||||
ησανP45 · P75 | were | ἦσαν | were | ησαν | | | eo | illo | were | ܘܗܢܘܢ | were | ἦσαν | were | |||||
βεβαρημενοιP45 · P75 | wearied | βεβαρημένοι | wearied | βεβαρημενοι | | | erant | erant | wearied | ܕܥܡܗ | wearied | βεβαρημένοι | wearied | |||||
υπνωP45 · P75 | with sleep. | ὕπνῳ. | with sleep. | ϋπνω | | | grauati | gravati | with sleep. | ܘܠܡܚܤܢ | with sleep. | ὕπνῳ | with sleep. | |||||
διεγρηγορησαντεσP45 · P75 | having awoken fully | διαγρηγορήσαντες | having awoken fully | διαγρηγορησαντες | | | erant | erant | having awoken fully | — | — | διαγρηγορήσαντες | having awoken fully | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | somno | somno | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
ειδονP45 · P75 | they saw | εἶδον | they saw | ϊδον | | | et | Et | they saw | ܘܚܙܘ | they saw | εἶδον | they saw | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | cum | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
δοξανP45 · P75 | glory | δόξαν | glory | δοξαν | | | euigilantes | evigilantes | glory | ܫܘܒܚܗ | glory | δόξαν | glory | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | uiderunt | viderunt | of Him | ܘܠܗܢܘܢ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | autem | majestatem | and | ܬܪܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τουσP45 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | gloriam | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
δυοP45 · P75 | two | δύο | two | δυο | | | eius | ejus | two | ܐܢܫܝܢ | two | δύο | two | |||||
ανδρασP45 · P75 | men | ἄνδρας | men | ανδρας | | | simul | et | men | ܕܩܝܡܝܢ | men | ἄνδρας | men | |||||
τουσP45 · P75 | who | τοὺς | who | τους | | | eo | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | who | |||||
συνεστωτασP45 · P75 | already standing with | συνεστῶτας | already standing with | συνεστωτας | | | duos | duos | already standing with | ܗܘܘ | already standing with | συνεστῶτας | already standing with | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P75 | Him. | αὐτῷ.¶ | Him. | αυτω | | | uiros | viros | Him. | ܠܘܬܗ | Him. | αὐτῷ | Him. | |||||
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