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 | ܘܫܒܩܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αφιουσινP45 | having dismissed | ἀφέντες | having dismissed | — | | | dimittunt | dimittentes | having dismissed | — | — | ἀφέντες | having dismissed | |||||
τονP45 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | acceperunt | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
οχλονP45 | crowd | ὄχλον | crowd | οχλον | | | turbam | turbam | crowd | ܠܟܢܫܐ | crowd | ὄχλον | crowd | |||||
καιP45 | they take with them | παραλαμβάνουσιν | they take with them | — | | | et | assumunt | they take with them | ܘܕܒܪܘܗܝ | they take with them | παραλαμβάνουσιν | they take with them | |||||
παραλαμβανουσινP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | eum | eum | Him | — | — | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
αυτονP45 | since | ὡς | since | — | | | ita | ita | since | ܟܕ | since | ὡς | since | |||||
ωσP45 | He was | ἦν | He was | — | | | ut | ut | He was | ܒܤܦܝܢܬܐ | He was | ἦν | He was | |||||
ηνP45 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | erat | erat | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
ενP45 | the | τῷ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
τωιP45 | boat, | πλοίῳ, | boat, | — | | | in | in | boat, | ܗܘ | boat, | πλοίῳ | boat, | |||||
πλοιωιP45 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | naui | navi | also | ܘܤܦܝܢܐ | also | Καὶ | also | |||||
καιP45 | other | ἄλλα | other | — | | | et | et | other | ܐܠܐ | but | ἄλλα | other | |||||
αλλαP45 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | aliae | aliæ | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
πλοιαP45 | boats | πλοῖα | boats | — | | | naues | naves | boats | ܐܝܬ | boats | πλοιάρια | boats | |||||
ηνP45 | were | ἦν | were | ην | | | erant | erant | were | — | — | ἦν | were | |||||
μετP45 | with | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | cum | cum | with | ܗܘܝ | with | μετ’ | with | |||||
αυτουP45 | Him. | αὐτοῦ. | Him. | αυτου | | | illo | illo | Him. | ܥܡܗܘܢ | Him. | αὐτοῦ | Him. | |||||
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