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 | ||||||||||||
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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 · P84 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܢܤܒ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
λαβωνP45 · P84 | having taken | λαβὼν | having taken | λαβων | | | acceptis | acceptis | having taken | ܗܢܘܢ | having taken | λαβὼν | having taken | |||||
τουσP45 · P84 | the | τοὺς | the | — | | | omnibus | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
αρτουσP45 · P84 | five | πέντε | five | — | | | ii | quinque | five | — | — | πέντε | five | |||||
καιP45 · P84 | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | αρτους | | | panibus | panibus | loaves | ܚܡܫܐ | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | |||||
τουσP45 · P84 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܚܡܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιχθυασP45 · P84 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
αναβλεψασP45 · P84 | two | δύο | two | — | | | aspiciens | duobus | two | ܘܬܪܝܢ | two | δύο | two | |||||
εισP45 · P84 | fish, | ἰχθύας, | fish, | ϊχθυας | | | piscibus | piscibus | fish, | — | — | ἰχθύας | fish, | |||||
τονP45 · P84 | having looked up | ἀναβλέψας | having looked up | αναβλεψας | | | in | intuens | having looked up | ܢܘܢܝܢ | having looked up | ἀναβλέψας | having looked up | |||||
ουρανονP45 · P84 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | — | in | to | ܘܚܪ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
ηυλογησενP45 · P84 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | caelum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
καιP45 · P84 | heaven | οὐρανὸν | heaven | ουρανον | | | — | cælum | heaven | ܒܫܡܝܐ | heaven | οὐρανόν | heaven | |||||
κατεκλασενP45 · P84 | He blessed | εὐλόγησεν | He blessed | ευλογησεν | | | benedixit | benedixit | He blessed | — | — | εὐλόγησεν | He blessed | |||||
τουσP45 · P84 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܒܪܟ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αρτουσP45 · P84 | He broke | κατέκλασεν | He broke | κατεκλασεν | | | fregit | fregit | He broke | ܘܩܨܐ | He broke | κατέκλασεν | He broke | |||||
καιP45 · P84 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | v | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
εδιδουP45 · P84 | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | αρτους | | | panes | panes | loaves | ܠܚܡܐ | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | |||||
τοισP45 · P84 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܝܗܒ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μαθηταισP45 · P84 | He was giving them | ἐδίδου | He was giving them | εδιδου | | | dedit | dedit | He was giving them | — | — | ἐδίδου | He was giving them | |||||
αυτουP45 · P84 | to the | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
ιναP45 · P84 | disciples | μαθηταῖς | disciples | μαθηταις | | | discipulis | discipulis | disciples | ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθηταῖς | disciples | |||||
παραθωσινP45 · P84 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | ut | suis | of Him | ܕܢܤܝܡܘܢ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
αυτοισP45 · P84 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | v | ut | that | ܠܗܘܢ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
καιP45 · P84 | they may set before | παρατιθῶσιν | they may set before | — | | | — | ponerent | they may set before | — | — | παραθῶσιν | they may set before | |||||
τουσP45 · P84 | them, | αὐτοῖς, | them, | — | | | ante | ante | them, | ܘܗܢܘܢ | them, | αὐτοῖς | them, | |||||
δυοP45 · P84 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | eos | eos | And | ܬܪܝܢ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
ιχθυασP45 · P84 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | adponerent | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
εμερισενP45 · P84 | two | δύο | two | — | | | et | et | two | ܢܘܢܝܢ | two | δύο | two | |||||
πασινP45 · P84 | fish | ἰχθύας | fish | ϊχθυας | | | duos | duos | fish | — | — | ἰχθύας | fish | |||||
ἐμέρισενP45 · P84 | He divided | ἐμέρισεν | He divided | εμερισεν | | | pisces | pisces | He divided | ܦܠܓܘ | He divided | ἐμέρισεν | He divided | |||||
πᾶσιν.P45 · P84 | among all. | πᾶσιν. | among all. | πασιν | | | diuisit | divisit | among all. | ܠܟܠܗܘܢ | among all. | πᾶσιν | among all. | |||||
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