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 | ܘܐܬܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ιδουP45 | behold | ἰδού | behold | — | | | uenit | venit | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
ερχεταιP45 | comes | ἔρχεται | comes | ερχεται | | | quidam | quidam | comes | ܕܫܡܗ | comes | ἔρχεται | comes | |||||
εισP45 | one | εἷς | one | — | | | — | de | one | — | — | εἷς | one | |||||
τωνP45 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
αρχισυναγωγωνP45 | synagogue rulers, | ἀρχισυναγώγων, | synagogue rulers, | αρχισυναγωγων | | | archisynagogus | archisynagogis | synagogue rulers, | ܝܘܐܪܫ | synagogue rulers, | ἀρχισυναγώγων | synagogue rulers, | |||||
ονοματιP45 | named | ὀνόματι | named | — | | | — | nomine | named | ܡܢ | named | ὀνόματι | named | |||||
ιαιροσP45 | Jairus; | Ἰάϊρος· | Jairus; | — | | | — | Jairus | Jairus; | ܪܒܝ | Jairus; | Ἰάειρος | Jairus; | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܟܢܘܫܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιδωνP45 | having seen | ἰδὼν | having seen | — | | | — | videns | having seen | ܘܟܕ | having seen | ἰδὼν | having seen | |||||
αυτονP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | — | eum | Him | ܚܙܝܗܝ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | |||||
πιπτειP45 | he falls | πίπτει | he falls | — | | | procidens | procidit | he falls | — | — | πίπτει | he falls | |||||
προσP45 | at | πρὸς | at | προσεπεσεν | | | ad | ad | at | ܢܦܠ | at | πρὸς | at | |||||
τουσP45 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
ποδασP45 | feet | πόδας | feet | ποδας | | | pedes | pedes | feet | ܠܘܬ | feet | πόδας | feet | |||||
αυτουP45 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܪܓܠܘܗܝ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
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