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 | — | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܫܬܥܝܘ | And | Διηγήσαντο | And | |||||
διηγησαντοP45 | related | διηγήσαντο | related | διηγησαντο | | | narrauerunt | narraverunt | related | ܠܗܘܢ | related | δὲ | related | |||||
αυτοισP45 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | illis | illis | now | ܕܝܢ | but | αὐτοῖς | now | |||||
οιP45 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | qui | qui | to them | ܕܚܙܘ | to them | οἱ | to them | |||||
ιδοντεσP45 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | uiderant | — | — | — | — | ἰδόντες | those | |||||
πωσP45 | having seen it | ἰδόντες | having seen it | ειδοντες | | | qualiter | qualiter | having seen it | ܕܐܝܟܢܐ | having seen it | πῶς | having seen it | |||||
εγενετοP45 | how | πῶς | how | πως | | | factum | factum | how | ܗܘܐ | how | ἐγένετο | how | |||||
τωιP45 | it happened | ἐγένετο | it happened | εγενετο | | | esset | esset | it happened | ܠܗܘ | it happened | τῷ | it happened | |||||
δαιμονιζομενωιP45 | to the one | τῷ | to the one | τω | | | ei | — | — | — | — | δαιμονιζομένῳ | to the one | |||||
καιP45 | being demonised | δαιμονιζομένῳ | being demonised | δαιμονιζομενω | | | qui | qui | being demonised | ܕܫܐܕܘܗܝ | being demonised | καὶ | being demonised | |||||
περιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | autem | dæmonium | and | ܘܐܦ | and | περὶ | and | |||||
τωνP45 | concerning | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | daemonio | habuerat | concerning | ܥܠ | concerning | τῶν | concerning | |||||
χοιρωνP45 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | χοίρων | the | |||||
χοίρων.P45 | pigs. | χοίρων. | pigs. | χοιρων | | | de | de | pigs. | ܗܢܘܢ | pigs. | χοίρων. | pigs. | |||||
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