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 | ||||||||||||
οP45 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | — | | | et | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 | And | δὲ | And | — | | | dicit | dicit | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
λεγειP45 | He says | λέγει | He says | — | | | eis | eis | He says | ܐܡܪ | He says | λέγει | He says | |||||
αυτοισP45 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | — | | | quod | Quot | to them; | ܠܗܘܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
ποσουσP45 | How many | πόσους | How many | — | | | panes | panes | How many | ܙܠܘ | How many | Πόσους | How many | |||||
αρτουσP45 | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | — | | | habetis | habetis | loaves | ܚܙܘ | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | |||||
εχετεP45 | have you | ἔχετε; | have you | — | | | ite | ite | have you | ܟܡܐ | have you | ἔχετε | have you | |||||
υπαγετεP45 | do go | ὑπάγετε | do go | — | | | et | et | do go | ܠܚܡܝܢ | do go | Ὑπάγετε | do go | |||||
ιδετεP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | uidete | videte | and | ܐܝܬ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP45 | do see. | ἴδετε. | do see. | ειδετε | | | et | Et | do see. | ܠܟܘܢ | do see. | ἴδετε | do see. | |||||
γνοντεσP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | cum | cum | And | ܗܪܟܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
λεγουσινP45 | having known | γνόντες | having known | γνοντες | | | cognouissent | cognovissent | having known | ܘܟܕ | having known | γνόντες | having known | |||||
πεντεP45 | they say; | λέγουσιν· | they say; | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | dicunt | they say; | ܚܙܘ | they say; | λέγουσιν | they say; | |||||
καιP45 | Five | πέντε | Five | — | | | ihs | Quinque | Five | ܐܡܪܝܢ | Five | Πέντε | Five | |||||
δυοP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܠܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιχθυασP45 | two | δύο | two | — | | | duos | duos | two | ܚܡܫܐ | two | δύο | two | |||||
ἰχθύας.P45 | fish. | ἰχθύας. | fish. | ϊχθυας | | | pisces | pisces | fish. | ܠܚܡܝܢ | fish. | ἰχθύας | fish. | |||||
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