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 | ܘܝܬܝܪܐܝܬ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
υπερπερισσωσP45 | above measure | ὑπερπερισσῶς | above measure | — | | | eo | eo | above measure | ܡܬܕܡܪܝܢ | above measure | ὑπερπερισσῶς | above measure | |||||
εξεπλησσοντοP45 | they were astonished | ἐξεπλήσσοντο | they were astonished | εξεπλησσοντο | | | amplius | amplius | they were astonished | ܗܘܘ | they were astonished | ἐξεπλήσσοντο | they were astonished | |||||
λεγοντεσP45 | saying; | λέγοντες· | saying; | λεγοντες | | | admirabantur | admirabantur | saying; | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | |||||
καλωσP45 | Well | καλῶς | Well | καλως | | | dicentes | dicentes | Well | ܕܟܠ | Well | Καλῶς | Well | |||||
πανταP45 | all things | πάντα | all things | παντα | | | bene | Bene | all things | ܡܕܡ | all things | πάντα | all things | |||||
πεποιηκενP45 | He has done | πεποίηκεν | He has done | πεποιηκεν | | | omnia | omnia | He has done | ܫܦܝܪ | He has done | πεποίηκεν | He has done | |||||
καιP45 | both | καὶ | both | και | | | fecit | fecit | both | ܥܒܕ | both | καὶ | both | |||||
τουσP45 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | loqui | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
κωφουσP45 | deaf | κωφοὺς | deaf | κωφους | | | et | et | deaf | ܠܚܪܫܐ | deaf | κωφοὺς | deaf | |||||
ποιειP45 | He makes | ποιεῖ | He makes | ποιει | | | surdis | surdos | He makes | ܥܒܕ | He makes | ποιεῖ | He makes | |||||
ακουεινP45 | to hear | ἀκούειν | to hear | ακουειν | | | praestat | fecit | to hear | ܕܢܫܡܥܘܢ | to hear | ἀκούειν | to hear | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | auditum | audire | and | ܘܕܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αλαλουσP45 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
λαλεινP45 | mute | ἀλάλους | mute | αλαλους | | | et | et | mute | ܡܡܠܠܝܢ | mute | ἀλάλους | mute | |||||
λαλεῖν.¶P45 | to speak. | λαλεῖν.¶ | to speak. | λαλειν | | | multis | mutos | to speak. | ܕܢܡܠܠܘܢ | to speak. | λαλεῖν | to speak. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 8:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||