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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ܘܐܙܠ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
απηλθενP45 | he departed | ἀπῆλθεν | he departed | απηλθεν | | | abiit | abiit | he departed | ܘܫܪܝ | he departed | ἀπῆλθεν | he departed | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܡܟܪܙ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηρξατοP45 | he began | ἤρξατο | he began | ηρξατο | | | coepit | cœpit | he began | — | — | ἤρξατο | he began | |||||
κηρυσσεινP45 | to proclaim | κηρύσσειν | to proclaim | κηρυσσειν | | | — | prædicare | to proclaim | ܒܥܤܪܬ | to proclaim | κηρύσσειν | to proclaim | |||||
ενP45 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܡܕܝܢܬܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τηιP45 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
δεκαπολειP45 | Decapolis | Δεκαπόλει | Decapolis | δεκαπολει | | | decapoli | Decapoli | Decapolis | ܡܕܡ | Decapolis | Δεκαπόλει | Decapolis | |||||
οσαP45 | how much | ὅσα | how much | οσα | | | quanta | quanta | how much | ܕܥܒܕ | how much | ὅσα | how much | |||||
εποιησενP45 | did | ἐποίησεν | did | εποιησεν | | | sibi | sibi | did | ܠܗ | did | ἐποίησεν | did | |||||
αυτωιP45 | for him | αὐτῷ | for him | αυτω | | | fecisset | fecisset | for him | ܝܫܘܥ | for him | αὐτῷ | for him | |||||
οP45 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | praedicare | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιηP45 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܟܠܗܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
παντεσP45 | all | πάντες | all | παντες | | | omnes | omnes | all | ܬܡܝܗܝܢ | all | πάντες | all | |||||
εθαυμαζονP45 | were marveling. | ἐθαύμαζον.¶ | were marveling. | εθαυμαζον | | | mirabantur | mirabantur | were marveling. | ܗܘܘ | were marveling. | ἐθαύμαζον | were marveling. | |||||
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