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 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
λεγειP45 | He says | λέγει | He says | λεγει | | | ait | ait | He says | ܠܗܘܢ | He says | λέγει | He says | |||||
αυτοισP45 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | illis | illis | to them | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
ενP45 | on | ἐν | on | εν | | | ·in | in | on | ܒܗܘ | on | ἐν | on | |||||
εκεινηιP45 | that very | ἐκείνῃ | that very | εκεινη | | | illa | illa | that very | ܝܘܡܐ | that very | ἐκείνῃ | that very | |||||
τηιP45 | <the> | τῇ | <the> | τη | | | ultra | contra | <the> | — | — | τῇ | <the> | |||||
ημεραP45 | day | ἡμέρᾳ | day | ημερα | | | die | die | day | — | — | ἡμέρᾳ | day | |||||
οψιασP45 | evening | ὀψίας | evening | οψιας | | | cum | cum | evening | ܒܪܡܫܐ | evening | ὀψίας | evening | |||||
γενομενησP45 | having come; | γενομένης· | having come; | γενομενης | | | sero | sero | having come; | ܢܥܒܪ | having come; | γενομένης | having come; | |||||
διελθωμενP45 | let us pass over | διέλθωμεν | let us pass over | διελθωμεν | | | esset | esset | let us pass over | — | — | Διέλθωμεν | let us pass over | |||||
εισP45 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | factum | factum | to | ܠܢ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
τοP45 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
περανP45 | other side. | πέραν. | other side. | περαν | | | transiamus | Transeamus | other side. | ܠܥܒܪܐ | other side. | πέραν | other side. | |||||
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