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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܐܬܘ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἔρχονται | they come | ερχονται | | | ueniunt | veniunt | they come | ܠܘܬ | they come | ἔρχονται | they come | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܝܫܘܥ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιην | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus | ܘܚܙܐܘܗܝ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | θεωροῦσιν | see | θεωρουσιν | | | uident | vident | see | ܕܫܐܕܘܗܝ | see | θεωροῦσιν | see | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the man | τον | | | timuerunt | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the man | ||||||
| — | δαιμονιζόμενον | being demonised | δαιμονιζομενον | | | illum | illum | being demonised | ܟܕ | being demonised | δαιμονιζόμενον | being demonised | ||||||
| — | καθήμενον | sitting | καθημενον | | | qui | qui | sitting | ܠܒܝܫ | sitting | καθήμενον | sitting | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | a | a | and | ܘܡܢܟܦ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἱματισμένον | clothed | ειματισμενον | | | daemonio | dæmonio | clothed | ܘܝܬܒ | clothed | ἱματισμένον | clothed | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | uexauabatur | vexabatur | and | ܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | σωφρονοῦντα, | sound minded, | σωφρονουντα | | | sedentem | sedentem | sound minded, | ܕܐܝܬ | sound minded, | σωφρονοῦντα | sound minded, | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the one who | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the one who | ||||||
| — | ἐσχηκότα | having had | — | | | uestitum | vestitum | having had | ܗܘܐ | having had | ἐσχηκότα | having had | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | λεγιῶνα, | legion, | — | | | et | et | legion, | ܒܗ | legion, | Λεγεῶνα | legion, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | sane | sanæ | and | ܠܓܝܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐφοβήθησαν. | they were afraid. | εφοβηθησαν | | | mentis | mentis | they were afraid. | ܘܕܚܠܘ | they were afraid. | ἐφοβήθησαν | they were afraid. | ||||||
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