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 | ܘܐܙܠܬ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
απελθουσαP45 | having gone away | ἀπελθοῦσα | having gone away | απελθουσα | | | cum | cum | having gone away | ܠܒܝܬܗ | having gone away | ἀπελθοῦσα | having gone away | |||||
εισP45 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | abisset | abiisset | to | — | — | εἰς | to | |||||
τονP45 | the | τὸν | the | — | | | inuenit | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
οικονP45 | home | οἶκον | home | οικον | | | domum | domum | home | ܘܐܫܟܚܬ | home | οἶκον | home | |||||
ευρενP45 | of her | αὐτῆς | of her | — | | | — | suam | of her | ܒܪܬܗ | of her | αὐτῆς | of her | |||||
τοP45 | she found | εὗρεν | she found | ευρεν | | | in | invenit | she found | ܟܕ | she found | εὗρεν | she found | |||||
δαιμονιονP45 | the | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
εξεληλυθοσP45 | child | παιδίον | child | — | | | filiam | puellam | child | — | — | δαιμόνιον | child | |||||
καιP45 | laid | βεβλημένον | laid | — | | | iacentem | jacentem | laid | ܪܡܝܐ | laid | ἐξεληλυθός | laid | |||||
τηνP45 | on | ἐπὶ | on | — | | | supra | supra | on | ܒܥܪܤܐ | on | καὶ | on | |||||
θυγατεραP45 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
βεβλημενηνP45 | bed | κλίνην | bed | κλινην | | | lectum | lectum | bed | ܘܢܦܝܩ | bed | θυγατέρα | bed | |||||
επιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | βεβλημένην | and | |||||
τησP45 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐπὶ | the | |||||
κλεινησP45 | demon | δαιμόνιον | demon | δαιμονιον | | | daemonium | dæmonium | demon | ܡܢܗ | demon | τῆς | demon | |||||
ἐξεληλυθός.¶P45 | having left. | ἐξεληλυθός.¶ | having left. | εξεληλυθος | | | exisse | exiisse | having left. | ܫܐܕܗ | having left. | κλίνης | having left. | |||||
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