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 | ܘܒܗ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ευθεωσP45 | immediately | εὐθέως | immediately | — | | | confidenter | statim | immediately | — | — | εὐθέως | immediately | |||||
διηνοιχθησανP45 | were opened | ἠνοίγησαν | were opened | — | | | apertae | apertæ | were opened | ܒܫܥܬܐ | were opened | διηνοίχθησαν | were opened | |||||
αυτουP45 | his | αὐτοῦ | his | — | | | sunt | sunt | his | ܐܬܦܬܚ | his | αὐτοῦ | his | |||||
αιP45 | <the> | αἱ | <the> | αι | | | loquebatur | — | — | — | — | αἱ | <the> | |||||
ακοαιP45 | ears, | ἀκοαί, | ears, | ακοαι | | | aures | aures | ears, | — | — | ἀκοαί | ears, | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | eius | ejus | and | ܐܕܢܘܗܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP45 | was loosed | ἐλύθη | was loosed | — | | | et | et | was loosed | ܘܐܫܬܪܝ | was loosed | ἐλύθη | was loosed | |||||
δεσμοσP45 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ελυθηP45 | band | δεσμὸς | band | — | | | solutum | solutum | band | — | — | δεσμὸς | band | |||||
τησP45 | of the | τῆς | of the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
γλωσσησP45 | tongue | γλώσσης | tongue | — | | | est | est | tongue | ܐܤܪܐ | tongue | γλώσσης | tongue | |||||
αυτουP45 | of him, | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | αυτου | | | uinculum | vinculum | of him, | ܕܠܫܢܗ | of him, | αὐτοῦ | of him, | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | linguae | linguæ | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ελαλειP45 | he was speaking | ἐλάλει | he was speaking | ελαλει | | | eius | ejus | he was speaking | ܘܡܠܠ | he was speaking | ἐλάλει | he was speaking | |||||
ορθωσP45 | plainly. | ὀρθῶς. | plainly. | ορθως | | | et | et | plainly. | ܦܫܝܩܐܝܬ | plainly. | ὀρθῶς | plainly. | |||||
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