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 | ܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
οψιασP45 | when evening | ὀψίας | when evening | οψιας | | | cum | cum | when evening | ܗܘܐ | when evening | ὀψίας | when evening | |||||
γενομενησP45 | having come | γενομένης | having come | γενομενης | | | sero | sero | having come | ܕܝܢ | having come | γενομένης | having come | |||||
ηνP45 | was | ἦν | was | ην | | | esset | esset | was | ܪܡܫܐ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
παλαιP45 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | terra | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
τοP45 | boat | πλοῖον | boat | πλοιον | | | erat | erat | boat | ܤܦܝܢܬܐ | boat | πλοῖον | boat | |||||
πλοιονP45 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | nauis | navis | in | ܐܝܬܝܗ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ενP45 | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | — | | | in | in | the midst | ܗܘܬ | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | |||||
μεσωP45 | of the | τῆς | of the | — | | | factum | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
τησP45 | sea, | θαλάσσης, | sea, | θαλασση | | | medio | medio | sea, | ܡܨܥܬ | sea, | θαλάσσης | sea, | |||||
θαλασσησP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | mari | mari | and | ܝܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP45 | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | αυτος | | | et | et | He himself | ܘܗܘ | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | |||||
αυτοσP45 | alone | μόνος | alone | μονος | | | ipse | ipse | alone | ܒܠܚܘܕܘܗܝ | alone | μόνος | alone | |||||
μονοσP45 | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | solus | solus | upon | ܥܠ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | |||||
επιP45 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | iam | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
τησP45 | land. | γῆς. | land. | γης | | | in | in | land. | ܐܪܥܐ | land. | γῆς | land. | |||||
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