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 | ܘܫܩܠܘ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
ηρανP45 | they took up | ἦραν | they took up | ηραν | | | sustulerunt | sustulerunt | they took up | ܩܨܝܐ | they took up | ἦραν | they took up | |||||
κλασματαP45 | of fragments | κλάσματα | of fragments | — | | | xii | reliquias | of fragments | ܬܪܥܤܪ | of fragments | κλασμάτων | of fragments | |||||
δωδεκαP45 | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | — | | | fragmentorum | fragmentorum | twelve | ܩܘܦܝܢܝܢ | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | |||||
κοφινωνP45 | hand-baskets | κοφίνων | hand-baskets | — | | | — | duodecim | hand-baskets | — | — | κοφίνους | hand-baskets | |||||
πληρωματαP45 | fullness | πληρώματα | fullness | — | | | cofinos | cophinos | fullness | ܟܕ | fullness | πλήρεις | fullness | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | plenos | plenos | and | ܡܠܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αποP45 | of | ἀπὸ | of | απο | | | et | et | of | ܘܡܢ | of | ἀπὸ | of | |||||
τωνP45 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | de | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
ιχθυωνP45 | fish. | ἰχθύων. | fish. | ϊχθυων | | | piscibus | piscibus | fish. | ܢܘܢܐ | fish. | ἰχθύων | fish. | |||||
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