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 | ܘܐܬܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ερχεταιP45 | they come | ἔρχονται | they come | ερχονται | | | ueniunt | veniunt | they come | ܠܒܝܬ | they come | ἔρχεται | they come | |||||
εισP45 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | uethaniam | Bethsaidam | to | — | — | εἰς | to | |||||
βηθσαιδανP45 | Bethsaida, | Βηθσαϊδάν, | Bethsaida, | — | | | et | et | Bethsaida, | ܨܝܕܐ | Bethsaida, | Βηθσαϊδάν | Bethsaida, | |||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | — | adducunt | And | ܘܐܝܬܝܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
φερουσινP45 | they bring | φέρουσιν | they bring | φερουσιν | | | ei | ei | they bring | ܠܗ | they bring | φέρουσιν | they bring | |||||
αυτωιP45 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | adferunt | — | — | — | — | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
τυφλονP45 | a blind man | τυφλὸν | a blind man | τυφλον | | | caecum | cæcum | a blind man | ܤܡܝܐ | a blind man | τυφλόν | a blind man | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܒܥܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
παρακαλουσινP45 | they implore | παρακαλοῦσιν | they implore | παρακαλουσιν | | | rogauerunt | rogabant | they implore | ܗܘܘ | they implore | παρακαλοῦσιν | they implore | |||||
αυτονP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܡܢܗ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
ιναP45 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | |||||
αυτουP45 | him | αὐτοῦ | him | αυτου | | | illum | illum | him | ܕܢܩܪܘܒ | him | αὐτοῦ | him | |||||
αψηταιP45 | He may touch. | ἅψηται. | He may touch. | αψηται | | | tangeret | tangeret | He may touch. | ܠܗ | He may touch. | ἅψηται | He may touch. | |||||
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