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 | | | erant | Erant | And | ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ησανP45 | were | ἦσαν | were | ησαν | | | et | autem | were | ܗܘܘ | were | ἦσαν | were | |||||
οιP45 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
φαγοντεσP45 | having eaten of | φαγόντες | having eaten of | φαγοντες | | | qui | qui | having eaten of | ܕܝܢ | having eaten of | φαγόντες | having eaten of | |||||
πεντακισχειλιοιP45 | the | τοὺς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
ανδρεσP45 | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | — | | | manducauerant | manducaverunt | loaves | ܕܐܟܠܘ | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | |||||
ὡσεὶP45 | about | ὡσεὶ | about | — | | | uirorum | quinque | about | ܠܚܡܐ | about | πεντακισχίλιοι | about | |||||
πεντακισχίλιοιP45 | five thousand | πεντακισχίλιοι | five thousand | — | | | milia | millia | five thousand | ܚܡܫܐ | five thousand | ἄνδρες | five thousand | |||||
ἄνδρες.¶P45 | men. | ἄνδρες.¶ | men. | ανδρες | | | v | virorum | men. | ܐܠܦܝܢ | men. | ἄνδρες.¶ | men. | |||||
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