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 | ||||||||||||
καιP88 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܢܦܩ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εξηλθενP88 | He went forth | ἐξῆλθεν | He went forth | εξηλθεν | | | processit | egressus | He went forth | ܬܘܒ | He went forth | ἐξῆλθεν | He went forth | |||||
παλινP88 | again | πάλιν | again | — | | | — | est | again | ܠܘܬ | again | πάλιν | again | |||||
παραP88 | beside | παρὰ | beside | παρα | | | iterum | rursus | beside | — | — | παρὰ | beside | |||||
τηνP88 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
θαλασσανP88 | sea, | θάλασσαν, | sea, | θαλασσαν | | | ad | ad | sea, | ܝܡܐ | sea, | θάλασσαν | sea, | |||||
καιP88 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | mare | mare | and | ܘܟܠܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
πασP88 | all | πᾶς | all | πας | | | omnes | omnisque | all | ܟܢܫܐ | all | πᾶς | all | |||||
οP88 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | et | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
οχλοσP88 | crowd | ὄχλος | crowd | οχλος | | | turba | turba | crowd | ܐܬܝܢ | crowd | ὄχλος | crowd | |||||
ηρχετοP88 | was coming | ἤρχετο | was coming | ηρχετο | | | ueniebat | veniebat | was coming | ܗܘܘ | was coming | ἤρχετο | was coming | |||||
προσP88 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܘܬܗ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτονP88 | Him, | αὐτόν, | Him, | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him, | — | — | αὐτόν | Him, | |||||
εδιδασκενP88 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܠܦ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αυτουσP88 | He was teaching | ἐδίδασκεν | He was teaching | εδιδασκεν | | | docebat | docebat | He was teaching | ܗܘܐ | He was teaching | ἐδίδασκεν | He was teaching | |||||
αὐτούς.¶P88 | them. | αὐτούς.¶ | them. | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them. | ܠܗܘܢ | them. | αὐτούς | them. | |||||
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