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 | ܘܫܪܝܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ηρξαντοP45 | they began | ἤρξαντο | they began | — | | | rogabant | rogare | they began | ܒܥܝܢ | they began | ἤρξαντο | they began | |||||
παρακαλεινP45 | to implore | παρακαλεῖν | to implore | — | | | regionibus | cœperunt | to implore | ܡܢܗ | to implore | παρακαλεῖν | to implore | |||||
αυτονP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | — | — | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
απελθεινP45 | to depart | ἀπελθεῖν | to depart | — | | | ut | ut | to depart | ܕܢܐܙܠ | to depart | ἀπελθεῖν | to depart | |||||
αποP45 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | discederet | discederet | from | ܠܗ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
τωνP45 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | de | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
οριωνP45 | region | ὁρίων | region | οριων | | | — | finibus | region | ܡܢ | region | ὁρίων | region | |||||
αυτωνP45 | of them. | αὐτῶν.¶ | of them. | αυτων | | | eorum | eorum | of them. | ܬܚܘܡܗܘܢ | of them. | αὐτῶν | of them. | |||||
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