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 | ||||||||||||
οιP45 | <the> | Οἱ | <the> | οι | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | illum | At | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | And | |||||
ιδοντεσP45 | having seen | ἰδόντες | having seen | ειδοντες | | | illi | illi | having seen | ܕܝܢ | having seen | ἰδόντες | having seen | |||||
αυτονP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | ut | ut | Him | ܚܙܐܘܗܝ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
επιP45 | on | ἐπὶ | on | — | | | uiderunt | viderunt | on | ܕܡܗܠܟ | on | περιπατοῦντα | on | |||||
τησP45 | the | τῆς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐπὶ | the | |||||
θαλασσησP45 | sea | θαλάσσης | sea | — | | | fantasma | eum | sea | ܥܠ | sea | τῆς | sea | |||||
περιπατουνταP45 | walking | περιπατοῦντα | walking | περιπατουντα | | | ambulantem | ambulantem | walking | ܡܝܐ | walking | θαλάσσης | walking | |||||
εδοξανP45 | they thought | ἔδοξαν | they thought | εδοξαν | | | super | supra | they thought | ܘܤܒܪܘ | they thought | ἔδοξαν | they thought | |||||
οτιP45 | that | ὅτι | that | — | | | mare | mare | that | ܠܗܘܢ | that | φάντασμα | that | |||||
φαντασμαP45 | a ghost | φάντασμά | a ghost | φαντασμα | | | putauerunt | putaverunt | a ghost | ܕܚܙܘܐ | a ghost | εἶναι | a ghost | |||||
εστινP45 | it is, | ἐστιν, | it is, | — | | | clamauerunt | phantasma | it is, | ܗܘ | it is, | καὶ | it is, | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | esse | esse | and | ܕܓܠܐ | and | ἀνέκραξαν | and | |||||
ανεκραξανP45 | cried out; | ἀνέκραξαν· | cried out; | ανεκραξαν | | | et | et | cried out; | ܘܩܥܘ | cried out; | ἀνέκραξαν· | cried out; | |||||
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