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 | ܘܐܝܬܝܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
φερουσινP45 | they bring | φέρουσιν | they bring | φερουσιν | | | adferent | adducunt | they bring | ܠܗ | they bring | φέρουσιν | they bring | |||||
αυτωιP45 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him | ܚܪܫܐ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
κωφονP45 | a deaf man | κωφὸν | a deaf man | κωφον | | | surdum | surdum | a deaf man | — | — | κωφὸν | a deaf man | |||||
μογιλαλονP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܚܕ | and | μογγιλάλον | and | |||||
καιP45 | who spoke with difficulty | μογιλάλον | who spoke with difficulty | μογιλαλον | | | mutum | mutum | who spoke with difficulty | ܦܐܩܐ | who spoke with difficulty | καὶ | who spoke with difficulty | |||||
παρακαλουσινP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܒܥܐ | and | παρακαλοῦσιν | and | |||||
αυτονP45 | they implore | παρακαλοῦσιν | they implore | παρακαλουσιν | | | depraecabantur | deprecabantur | they implore | ܗܘܘ | they implore | αὐτὸν | they implore | |||||
ιναP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | — | eum | Him | ܡܢܗ | Him | ἵνα | Him | |||||
επιθηP45 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | — | — | ἐπιθῇ | that | |||||
αυτωιP45 | He may lay | ἐπιθῇ | He may lay | επιθη | | | inponeret | imponat | He may lay | ܕܢܤܝܡ | He may lay | αὐτῷ | He may lay | |||||
τηνP45 | on him | αὐτῷ | on him | αυτω | | | illum | illi | on him | ܥܠܘܗܝ | on him | τὴν | on him | |||||
χειραP45 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | illi | — | — | — | — | χεῖρα | the | |||||
χεῖρα.P45 | hand. | χεῖρα. | hand. | χειραν | | | manum | manum | hand. | ܐܝܕܐ | hand. | χεῖρα. | hand. | |||||
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