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 | ||||||||||||
ευθεωσP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | Et | and | ܘܒܪ | and | Καὶ | and | |||||
κραξασP45 | Immediately | εὐθὺς | Immediately | — | | | cum | continuo | Immediately | ܫܥܬܗ | Immediately | εὐθέως | Immediately | |||||
οP45 | having cried out | κράξας | having cried out | κραξας | | | uideret | exclamans | having cried out | ܩܥܐ | having cried out | κράξας | having cried out | |||||
πρP45 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
τουP45 | father | πατὴρ | father | πατηρ | | | concurreret | pater | father | ܐܒܘܗܝ | father | πατὴρ | father | |||||
παιδιουP45 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | turba | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
ειπενP45 | child | παιδίου | child | παιδιου | | | comminatus | pueri | child | ܕܛܠܝܐ | child | παιδίου | child | |||||
πιστευωP45 | with | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | est | cum | with | ܟܕ | with | μετὰ | with | |||||
βοηθειP45 | tears | δακρύων | tears | δακρυων | | | spiritui | lacrimis | tears | ܒܟܐ | tears | δακρύων | tears | |||||
μουP45 | was saying; | ἔλεγεν· | was saying; | — | | | immundo | aiebat | was saying; | ܘܐܡܪ | was saying; | ἔλεγεν | was saying; | |||||
τηιP45 | I believe | πιστεύω | I believe | πιστευω | | | quod | Credo | I believe | ܡܗܝܡܢ | I believe | Πιστεύω | I believe | |||||
απιστιαP45 | Lord; | κύριε· | Lord; | — | | | illi | Domine | Lord; | ܐܢܐ | Lord; | κύριε | Lord; | |||||
βοήθειP45 | do help | βοήθει | do help | βοηθει | | | surde | adjuva | do help | ܡܪܝ | do help | βοήθει | do help | |||||
μουP45 | me | μου | me | — | | | et | incredulitatem | me | ܥܕܪ | me | μου | me | |||||
τῇP45 | with the | τῇ | with the | τη | | | mute | meam | with the | — | — | τῇ | with the | |||||
ἀπιστίᾳ.¶P45 | unbelief! | ἀπιστίᾳ.¶ | unbelief! | απιστεια | | | — | — | — | ܠܚܤܝܪܘܬ | unbelief! | ἀπιστίᾳ | unbelief! | |||||
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