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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ܘܢܓܕܗ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
απολαβομενοσP45 | having taken away | ἀπολαβόμενος | having taken away | απολαβομενος | | | suscipiens | apprehendens | having taken away | — | — | ἀπολαβόμενος | having taken away | |||||
αυτονP45 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | him | ܡܢ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
αποP45 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | de | de | from | — | — | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
τουP45 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
οχλουP45 | crowd | ὄχλου | crowd | οχλου | | | turba | turba | crowd | ܟܢܫܐ | crowd | ὄχλου | crowd | |||||
καθP45 | aside | κατ᾽ | aside | κατ | | | seorum | seorsum | aside | — | — | κατ’ | aside | |||||
ιδιανP45 | privately | ἰδίαν | privately | ιδιαν | | | misit | misit | privately | ܒܠܚܘܕܘܗܝ | privately | ἰδίαν | privately | |||||
ενεβαλενP45 | He put | ἔβαλεν | He put | — | | | digitos | digitos | He put | — | — | ἔβαλεν | He put | |||||
τουσP45 | the | τοὺς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
δακτυλουσP45 | fingers | δακτύλους | fingers | — | | | — | — | — | ܘܐܪܡܝ | fingers | δακτύλους | fingers | |||||
αυτουP45 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | — | | | suos | suos | of Him | ܨܒܥܬܗ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
εισP45 | to | εἰς | to | — | | | in | in | to | — | — | εἰς | to | |||||
ταP45 | the | τὰ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
ωταP45 | ears | ὦτα | ears | — | | | auriculas | auriculas | ears | ܒܐܕܢܘܗܝ | ears | ὦτα | ears | |||||
αυτουP45 | of him, | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | — | | | eius | ejus | of him, | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him, | |||||
πτυσασP45 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܘܪܩ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP45 | having spit | πτύσας | having spit | πτυσας | | | — | exspuens | having spit | — | — | πτύσας | having spit | |||||
ηψατοP45 | He touched | ἥψατο | He touched | — | | | tetigit | tetigit | He touched | ܘܩܪܒ | He touched | ἥψατο | He touched | |||||
τησP45 | the | τῆς | the | — | | | expuens | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
γλωσσησP45 | tongue | γλώσσης | tongue | — | | | linguam | linguam | tongue | — | — | γλώσσης | tongue | |||||
αυτουP45 | of him, | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of him, | ܠܠܫܢܗ | of him, | αὐτοῦ | of him, | |||||
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