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 | ܬܘܒ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
παλινP45 | again | πάλιν | again | παλιν | | | iterum | iterum | again | ܢܦܩ | again | πάλιν | again | |||||
εξελθωνP45 | having departed | ἐξελθὼν | having departed | εξελθων | | | exiens | exiens | having departed | — | — | ἐξελθὼν | having departed | |||||
εκP45 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | de | de | from | ܝܫܘܥ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
τωνP45 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
οριωνP45 | region | ὁρίων | region | οριων | | | finibus | finibus | region | ܡܢ | region | ὁρίων | region | |||||
τυρουP45 | of Tyre | Τύρου | of Tyre | τυρου | | | tyri | Tyri | of Tyre | ܬܚܘܡܐ | of Tyre | Τύρου | of Tyre | |||||
καιP45 | He came | ἦλθεν | He came | ηλθεν | | | uenit | venit | He came | ܕܨܘܪ | He came | καὶ | He came | |||||
σειδωνοσP45 | through | διὰ | through | δια | | | per | per | through | — | — | Σιδῶνος | through | |||||
ηλθενP45 | Sidon | Σιδῶνος | Sidon | σιδωνος | | | sidonem | Sidonem | Sidon | ܘܕܨܝܕܢ | Sidon | ἦλθεν | Sidon | |||||
εισP45 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | ad | ad | to | ܘܐܬܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
τηνP45 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
θαλασσανP45 | Sea | θάλασσαν | Sea | θαλασσαν | | | mare | mare | Sea | ܠܝܡܐ | Sea | θάλασσαν | Sea | |||||
τησP45 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | |||||
γαλιλαιασP45 | of Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | of Galilee | γαλιλαιας | | | galilaeae | Galilææ | of Galilee | ܕܓܠܝܠܐ | of Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | of Galilee | |||||
αναP45 | through | ἀνὰ | through | ανα | | | inter | inter | through | — | — | ἀνὰ | through | |||||
μεσονP45 | the midst | μέσον | the midst | μεσον | | | medios | medios | the midst | ܒܬܚܘܡܐ | the midst | μέσον | the midst | |||||
τωνP45 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
οριωνP45 | region | ὁρίων | region | οριων | | | fines | fines | region | ܕܥܤܪܬ | region | ὁρίων | region | |||||
δεκαπολεωσP45 | of the Decapolis. | Δεκαπόλεως. | of the Decapolis. | δεκαπολεως | | | decapoleos | Decapoleos | of the Decapolis. | ܡܕܝܢܬܐ | of the Decapolis. | Δεκαπόλεως | of the Decapolis. | |||||
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