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 | ܘܛܥܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
επελαθοντοP45 | they forgot | ἐπελάθοντο | they forgot | επελαθοντο | | | obliti | obliti | they forgot | — | — | ἐπελάθοντο | they forgot | |||||
οιP45 | to take | λαβεῖν | to take | λαβειν | | | sunt | sunt | to take | ܕܢܤܒܘܢ | to take | λαβεῖν | to take | |||||
μαθηταιP45 | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | αρτους | | | panes | panes | loaves | ܠܚܡܐ | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | |||||
αυτουP45 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | sumere | sumere | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
λαβεινP45 | only | εἰ | only | ει | | | discipuli | et | only | ܘܐܠܐ | only | εἰ | only | |||||
αρτουσP45 | except | μὴ | except | μη | | | nisi | nisi | except | ܚܕܐ | except | μὴ | except | |||||
εναP45 | one | ἕνα | one | ενα | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἕνα | one | |||||
μονονP45 | loaf | ἄρτον | loaf | αρτον | | | unum | unum | loaf | ܓܪܝܨܬܐ | loaf | ἄρτον | loaf | |||||
αρτονP45 | not | οὐκ | not | — | | | panem | panem | not | ܠܝܬ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
εχοντεσP45 | they had | εἶχον | they had | ειχον | | | — | non | they had | — | — | εἶχον | they had | |||||
μεθP45 | with | μεθ᾽ | with | — | | | habebant | habebant | with | ܗܘܐ | with | μεθ’ | with | |||||
εαυτωνP45 | themselves | ἑαυτῶν | themselves | εαυτων | | | secum | secum | themselves | ܥܡܗܘܢ | themselves | ἑαυτῶν | themselves | |||||
ενP45 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
τωιP45 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | quem | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
πλοιωιP45 | boat. | πλοίῳ. | boat. | πλοιω | | | nauem | navi | boat. | ܒܤܦܝܢܬܐ | boat. | πλοίῳ | boat. | |||||
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