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 | ܘܐܙܠ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
απηλθενP45 | He departed | ἀπῆλθεν | He departed | — | | | ibat | abiit | He departed | ܥܡܗ | He departed | ἀπῆλθεν | He departed | |||||
μετP45 | with | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | cum | cum | with | ܝܫܘܥ | with | μετ’ | with | |||||
αυτουP45 | him, | αὐτοῦ, | him, | αυτου | | | illo | illo | him, | ܘܕܒܝܩ | him, | αὐτοῦ | him, | |||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܗܘܐ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
ηκολουθειP45 | was following | ἠκολούθει | was following | ηκολουθει | | | sequebatur | sequebatur | was following | — | — | ἠκολούθει | was following | |||||
αυτωιP45 | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | eum | eum | Him | ܠܗ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | |||||
οχλοσP45 | a crowd | ὄχλος | a crowd | οχλος | | | turba | turba | a crowd | ܟܢܫܐ | a crowd | ὄχλος | a crowd | |||||
πολυσP45 | great | πολὺς | great | πολυς | | | multa | multa | great | ܤܓܝܐܐ | great | πολύς | great | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܚܒܨܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
συνεθλιβονP45 | were pressing in on | συνέθλιβον | were pressing in on | συνεθλειβον | | | conprimebant | comprimebant | were pressing in on | ܗܘܘ | were pressing in on | συνέθλιβον | were pressing in on | |||||
αυτονP45 | Him. | αὐτόν.¶ | Him. | αυτον | | | illum | eum | Him. | ܠܗ | Him. | αὐτόν | Him. | |||||
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