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 | | | cum | Cumque | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εμβαινοντοσP45 | when climbing | ἐμβαίνοντος | when climbing | — | | | ascendente | ascenderet | when climbing | ܤܠܩ | when climbing | ἐμβάντος | when climbing | |||||
αυτουP45 | He | αὐτοῦ | He | αυτου | | | naui | navim | He | ܠܤܦܝܢܬܐ | He | αὐτοῦ | He | |||||
εισP45 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | et | cœpit | into | — | — | εἰς | into | |||||
τοP45 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | illo | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
πλοιονP45 | boat | πλοῖον | boat | πλοιον | | | depraecari | deprecari | boat | ܒܥܐ | boat | πλοῖον | boat | |||||
παρεκαλειP45 | was begging | παρεκάλει | was begging | — | | | qui | qui | was begging | ܗܘܐ | was begging | παρεκάλει | was begging | |||||
αυτονP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | in | a | Him | ܡܢܗ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
οP45 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | coepit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
δαιμονισθεισP45 | having been demonised | δαιμονισθεὶς | having been demonised | δαιμονισθεις | | | uexabatur | vexatus | having been demonised | ܗܘ | having been demonised | δαιμονισθείς | having been demonised | |||||
ιναP45 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | demonio | fuerat | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | |||||
μετP45 | with | μετ᾽ | with | — | | | ut | ut | with | ܕܫܐܕܘܗܝ | with | ᾖ | with | |||||
αυτουP45 | Him | αὐτοῦ | Him | — | | | esset | esset | Him | ܕܥܡܗ | Him | μετ’ | Him | |||||
ηP45 | he may be. | ᾖ. | he may be. | η | | | — | cum | he may be. | ܢܗܘܐ | he may be. | αὐτοῦ | he may be. | |||||
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