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 | ܘܒܬܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
μεθP45 | after | μετὰ | after | μετα | | | uestimenta | post | after | — | — | μεθ’ | after | |||||
ημερασP45 | days | ἡμέρας | days | ημερας | | | quis | dies | days | ܫܬܐ | days | ἡμέρας | days | |||||
εξP45 | six | ἓξ | six | εξ | | | eius | sex | six | ܝܘܡܝܢ | six | ἓξ | six | |||||
παραλαμβανειP45 | takes along | παραλαμβάνει | takes along | παραλαμβανει | | | facta | assumit | takes along | — | — | παραλαμβάνει | takes along | |||||
οP45 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιηP45 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | sunt | Jesus | Jesus | ܕܒܪ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
τονP45 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
πετρονP45 | Peter | Πέτρον | Peter | πετρον | | | splendida | Petrum | Peter | — | — | Πέτρον | Peter | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܝܫܘܥ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τονP45 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ιακωβονP45 | James | Ἰάκωβον | James | ϊακωβον | | | — | Jacobum | James | ܠܟܐܦܐ | James | Ἰάκωβον | James | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | candida | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
τονP45 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἰωάννην | <the> | |||||
ιωαννηνP45 | John | Ἰωάννην | John | ϊωαννην | | | nimis | Joannem | John | ܘܠܝܥܩܘܒ | John | καὶ | John | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | — | — | ἀναφέρει | and | |||||
αναφερειP45 | brings up | ἀναφέρει | brings up | — | | | — | ducit | brings up | ܘܠܝܘܚܢܢ | brings up | αὐτοὺς | brings up | |||||
αυτουσP45 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | — | illos | them | ܘܐܤܩ | them | εἰς | them | |||||
εισP45 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | qualia | in | into | — | — | ὄρος | into | |||||
οροσP45 | a mountain | ὄρος | a mountain | ορος | | | — | montem | a mountain | ܐܢܘܢ | a mountain | ὑψηλὸν | a mountain | |||||
υψηλονP45 | high | ὑψηλὸν | high | ϋψηλον | | | — | excelsum | high | ܠܛܘܪܐ | high | κατ’ | high | |||||
καθP45 | apart | κατ᾽ | apart | κατ | | | non | seorsum | apart | — | — | ἰδίαν | apart | |||||
ιδιανP45 | on their own | ἰδίαν | on their own | ιδιαν | | | potest | solos | on their own | ܪܡܐ | on their own | μόνους | on their own | |||||
μονουσP45 | alone. | μόνους. | alone. | μονους | | | super | et | alone. | — | — | Καὶ | alone. | |||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | terram | transfiguratus | And | ܒܠܚܘܕܝܗܘܢ | And | μετεμορφώθη | And | |||||
ενP45 | He was transfigured | μετεμορφώθη | He was transfigured | — | | | — | est | He was transfigured | ܘܐܬܚܠܦ | He was transfigured | ἔμπροσθεν | He was transfigured | |||||
τωιP45 | before | ἔμπροσθεν | before | — | | | candida | coram | before | — | — | αὐτῶν | before | |||||
προσευχεσθαιP45 | them, | αὐτῶν, | them, | αυτων | | | facere | ipsis | them, | ܠܥܢܝܗܘܢ | them, | αὐτῶν, | them, | |||||
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