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 | ||||||||||||
εγενετοP45 · P75 | It came to pass | Ἐγένετο | It came to pass | εγενετο | | | factum | Factum | It came to pass | ܘܗܘܐ | It came to pass | Ἐγένετο | It came to pass | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | est | est | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
τησP45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | autem | autem | in | ܕܒܬܪܗ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ημερασP45 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | — | | | multam | multa | the | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
κατελθοντωνP45 · P75 | next | ἑξῆς | next | — | | | per | in | next | — | — | ἑξῆς | next | |||||
αυτωνP45 · P75 | day | ἡμέρᾳ | day | ημερας | | | — | sequenti | day | ܟܕ | day | ἡμέρᾳ | day | |||||
αποP45 · P75 | when were descending | κατελθόντων | when were descending | — | | | diem | die | when were descending | ܢܚܬܝܢ | when were descending | κατελθόντων | when were descending | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | they | αὐτῶν | they | — | | | descendente | descendentibus | they | ܡܢ | they | αὐτῶν | they | |||||
ορουσP45 · P75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | eo | illis | from | ܛܘܪܐ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
συνηντησενP45 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | conuenire | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P75 | mountain | ὄρους | mountain | ορους | | | de | de | mountain | ܦܓܥ | mountain | ὄρους | mountain | |||||
οχλοσP45 · P75 | met | συνήντησεν | met | — | | | monte | monte | met | — | — | συνήντησεν | met | |||||
πολυσP45 · P75 | with Him | αὐτῷ | with Him | αυτω | | | — | occurrit | with Him | ܒܗܘܢ | with Him | αὐτῷ | with Him | |||||
ὄχλοςP45 · P75 | a crowd | ὄχλος | a crowd | — | | | ei | illis | a crowd | ܟܢܫܐ | a crowd | ὄχλος | a crowd | |||||
πολύς.P45 · P75 | great. | πολύς. | great. | — | | | turbam | turba | great. | ܤܓܝܐܐ | great. | πολύς | great. | |||||
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