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 | ܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ειπενP45 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | transiebant | dixit | He said | ܠܗܘܢ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
αυτοισP45 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | inde | illis | to them; | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
τουτοP45 | This | τοῦτο | This | τουτο | | | — | Hoc | This | ܗܢܐ | This | Τοῦτο | This | |||||
τοP45 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
γενοσP45 | kind | γένος | kind | γενος | | | profecti | genus | kind | ܓܢܤܐ | kind | γένος | kind | |||||
ενP45 | by | ἐν | by | εν | | | — | in | by | — | — | ἐν | by | |||||
ουδενιP45 | no thing | οὐδενὶ | no thing | ουδεν | | | — | nullo | no thing | ܒܡܕܡ | no thing | οὐδενὶ | no thing | |||||
δυναταιP45 | is able | δύναται | is able | δυναται | | | galilaea | potest | is able | ܠܐ | is able | δύναται | is able | |||||
εξελθεινP45 | to go out | ἐξελθεῖν | to go out | εξελθειν | | | — | exire | to go out | ܡܫܟܚ | to go out | ἐξελθεῖν | to go out | |||||
ειP45 | only | εἰ | only | ει | | | nec | nisi | only | — | — | εἰ | only | |||||
μηP45 | except | μὴ | except | μη | | | — | in | except | ܠܡܦܩ | except | μὴ | except | |||||
ενP45 | by | ἐν | by | εν | | | uolebat | oratione | by | ܐܠܐ | by | ἐν | by | |||||
προσευχηιP45 | prayer | προσευχῇ | prayer | προσευχη | | | quemquam | et | prayer | — | — | προσευχῇ | prayer | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | in | jejunio | and | ܒܨܘܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
νηστειαP45 | with fastings. | νηστείᾳ.¶ | with fastings. | νηστεια | | | scire | — | — | ܘܒܨܠܘܬܐ | with fastings. | νηστείᾳ | with fastings. | |||||
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