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 | ||||||||||||
εξερχομενοιP75 | Going forth | ἐξερχόμενοι | Going forth | εξερχομενοι | | | exeuntes | Egressi | Going forth | ܘܢܦܩܘ | Going forth | Ἐξερχόμενοι | Going forth | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
διηρχοντοP75 | they were passing | διήρχοντο | they were passing | — | | | circa | circuibant | they were passing | ܘܡܬܟܪܟܝܢ | they were passing | διήρχοντο | they were passing | |||||
καταP75 | through | κατὰ | through | κατα | | | — | per | through | ܗܘܘ | through | κατὰ | through | |||||
τασP75 | the | τὰς | the | — | | | ciuitates | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
κωμασP75 | villages | κώμας | villages | — | | | transiba&nt; | castella | villages | ܘܒܡܕܝܢܬܐ | villages | κώμας | villages | |||||
ευαγγελιζομενοιP75 | evangelising | εὐαγγελιζόμενοι | evangelising | — | | | euangelizantes | evangelizantes | evangelising | ܘܡܤܒܪܝܢ | evangelising | εὐαγγελιζόμενοι | evangelising | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܗܘܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
θεραπευοντεσP75 | healing | θεραπεύοντες | healing | θεραπευοντες | | | curantes | curantes | healing | ܘܡܐܤܝܢ | healing | θεραπεύοντες | healing | |||||
πανταχουP75 | everywhere. | πανταχοῦ.¶ | everywhere. | πανταχου | | | ubique | ubique | everywhere. | ܒܟܠ | everywhere. | πανταχοῦ | everywhere. | |||||
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