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 | ||||||||||||
ΚαὶP84 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܬܟܢܫܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
συνάγονταιP84 | are gathered together | συνάγονται | are gathered together | συναγονται | | | conuenerunt | convenientes | are gathered together | ܫܠܝܚܐ | are gathered together | συνάγονται | are gathered together | |||||
οἱP84 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | illi | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
ἀπόστολοιP84 | apostles | ἀπόστολοι | apostles | αποστολοι | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀπόστολοι | apostles | |||||
πρὸςP84 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | apostoli | Apostoli | to | ܠܘܬ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
τὸνP84 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ἸησοῦνP84 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιην | | | ad | ad | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | |||||
καὶP84 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | ihm | Jesum | and | ܘܐܡܪܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ἀπήγγειλανP84 | they related | ἀπήγγειλαν | they related | απηγγειλαν | | | renuntiauerunt | renuntiaverunt | they related | ܠܗ | they related | ἀπήγγειλαν | they related | |||||
αὐτῷP84 | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | αυτω | | | et | — | — | — | — | αὐτῷ | to him | |||||
πάνταP84 | all things | πάντα | all things | παντα | | | — | ei | all things | ܟܠ | all things | πάντα | all things | |||||
καὶP84 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | omnia | omnia | and | ܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ὅσαP84 | how much | ὅσα | how much | οσα | | | quae | quæ | how much | ܕܥܒܕܘ | how much | ὅσα | how much | |||||
ἐποίησανP84 | they had done | ἐποίησαν | they had done | εποιησαν | | | egerant | egerant | they had done | ܘܟܠ | they had done | ἐποίησαν | they had done | |||||
καὶP84 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | quae | — | — | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ὅσαP84 | how much | ὅσα | how much | οσα | | | et | et | how much | ܡܐ | how much | ὅσα | how much | |||||
ἐδίδαξαν.P84 | they had taught. | ἐδίδαξαν. | they had taught. | εδιδαξαν | | | docuerant | docuerant | they had taught. | ܕܐܠܦܘ | they had taught. | ἐδίδαξαν | they had taught. | |||||
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