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 | ||||||||||||
μαγεδανP45 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܫܪܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εὐθὺςP45 | immediately | εὐθὺς | immediately | — | | | ipse | statim | immediately | ܐܢܘܢ | immediately | εὐθέως | immediately | |||||
ἐμβὰςP45 | having climbed | ἐμβὰς | having climbed | — | | | ascendens | ascendens | having climbed | ܘܤܠܩ | having climbed | ἐμβὰς | having climbed | |||||
εἰςP45 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | nauem | navim | into | — | — | εἰς | into | |||||
τὸP45 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
πλοῖονP45 | boat | πλοῖον | boat | πλοιον | | | cum | cum | boat | ܡܚܕܐ | boat | πλοῖον | boat | |||||
μετὰP45 | with | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | et | — | — | ܠܤܦܝܢܬܐ | with | μετὰ | with | |||||
τῶνP45 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
μαθητῶνP45 | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | μαθητων | | | discipulis | discipulis | disciples | ܥܡ | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | |||||
αὐτοῦP45 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | suis | suis | of Him | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
ἦλθενP45 | He came | ἦλθεν | He came | ηλθεν | | | uenit | venit | He came | — | — | ἦλθεν | He came | |||||
εἰςP45 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܘܐܬܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τὰP45 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
μέρηP45 | district | μέρη | district | — | | | partes | partes | district | ܠܐܬܪܐ | district | μέρη | district | |||||
Δαλμανουθά.P45 | of Dalmanutha. | Δαλμανουθά. | of Dalmanutha. | — | | | magidan | Dalmanutha | of Dalmanutha. | ܕܕܠܡܢܘܬܐ | of Dalmanutha. | Δαλμανουθά | of Dalmanutha. | |||||
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