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 | ||||||||||||
κλαιοντασP45 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܬܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
καιP45 | they come | ἔρχονται | they come | ερχονται | | | ueniunt | veniunt | they come | — | — | ἔρχεται | they come | |||||
αλαλαζοντασP45 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܠܒܝܬܐ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
πολλαP45 | the | τὸν | the | — | | | turbam | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
οἶκονP45 | house | οἶκον | house | — | | | domum | domum | house | ܕܗܘ | house | οἶκον | house | |||||
τοῦP45 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
ἀρχισυναγώγου.P45 | ruler of the synagogue. | ἀρχισυναγώγου. | ruler of the synagogue. | αρχισυναγωγου | | | archisynagogi | archisynagogi | ruler of the synagogue. | — | — | ἀρχισυναγώγου | ruler of the synagogue. | |||||
καὶP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܪܒ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
θεωρεῖP45 | He beholds | θεωρεῖ | He beholds | — | | | uidet | videt | He beholds | ܟܢܘܫܬܐ | He beholds | θεωρεῖ | He beholds | |||||
θόρυβονP45 | a commotion | θόρυβον | a commotion | θορυβον | | | — | tumultum | a commotion | — | — | θόρυβον | a commotion | |||||
καὶP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܚܙܐ | and | κλαίοντας | and | |||||
κλαίονταςP45 | weeping | κλαίοντας | weeping | — | | | flentem | flentes | weeping | ܕܪܗܝܒܝܢ | weeping | καὶ | weeping | |||||
καὶP45 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | — | — | ἀλαλάζοντας | and | |||||
ἀλαλάζονταςP45 | wailing | ἀλαλάζοντας | wailing | — | | | lamentantem | ejulantes | wailing | ܘܒܟܝܢ | wailing | πολλά | wailing | |||||
πολλά,P45 | much, | πολλά, | much, | πολλα | | | multum | multum | much, | ܘܡܝܠܠܝܢ | much, | πολλά, | much, | |||||
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