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 | ܘܢܦܩ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εξηλθενP45 | He went out | ἐξῆλθεν | He went out | εξηλθεν | | | egressus | egressus | He went out | — | — | ἐξῆλθεν | He went out | |||||
εκειθενP45 | from there | ἐκεῖθεν | from there | εκειθεν | | | inde | inde | from there | ܡܢ | from there | ἐκεῖθεν | from there | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | abiit | abiit | and | ܬܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ερχεταιP45 | came | ἔρχεται | came | — | | | in | in | came | — | — | ἦλθεν | came | |||||
εισP45 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | patriam | patriam | into | ܘܐܬܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τηνP45 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | illum | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
πατριδαP45 | hometown | πατρίδα | hometown | πατριδα | | | — | — | — | ܠܡܕܝܢܬܗ | hometown | πατρίδα | hometown | |||||
αυτουP45 | of Him, | αὐτοῦ, | of Him, | αυτου | | | suam | suam | of Him, | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him, | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܕܒܝܩܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ακολουθουσινP45 | follow | ἀκολουθοῦσιν | follow | ακολουθουσιν | | | sequebatur | sequebantur | follow | ܗܘܘ | follow | ἀκολουθοῦσιν | follow | |||||
αυτωιP45 | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | — | eum | Him | — | — | αὐτῷ | Him | |||||
οιP45 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
μαθηταιP45 | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | ܠܗ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | |||||
αυτουP45 | of Him. | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | αυτου | | | eius | sui | of Him. | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | |||||
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