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 | ||||||||||||
κακειθενP45 | And from there | Κἀκεῖθεν | And from there | κακειθεν | | | docebat | Et | And from there | ܘܟܕ | And from there | Καὶ | And from there | |||||
εξελθοντεσP45 | having gone forth | ἐξελθόντες | having gone forth | εξελθοντες | | | enim | inde | having gone forth | ܢܦܩ | having gone forth | ἐκεῖθεν | having gone forth | |||||
παρεπορευοντοP45 | they were passing through | παρεπορεύοντο | they were passing through | — | | | discipulos | profecti | they were passing through | ܡܢ | they were passing through | ἐξελθόντες | they were passing through | |||||
διαP45 | through | διὰ | through | δια | | | suos | prætergrediebantur | through | ܬܡܢ | through | παρεπορεύοντο | through | |||||
τησP45 | <the> | τῆς | <the> | της | | | et | — | — | — | — | διὰ | <the> | |||||
γαλιλαιασP45 | Galilee, | Γαλιλαίας, | Galilee, | γαλιλαιας | | | dicebat | Galilæam | Galilee, | ܗܘܘ | Galilee, | τῆς | Galilee, | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | illis | nec | and | ܒܓܠܝܠܐ | and | Γαλιλαίας | and | |||||
ουκP45 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | — | volebat | not | ܘܠܐ | not | καὶ | not | |||||
ηθελενP45 | was He wanting | ἤθελεν | was He wanting | ηθελεν | | | filius | quemquam | was He wanting | ܨܒܐ | was He wanting | οὐκ | was He wanting | |||||
ιναP45 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | hominis | scire | that | ܗܘܐ | that | ἤθελεν | that | |||||
τισP45 | anyone | τις | anyone | τις | | | tradetur | — | — | ܕܐܢܫ | anyone | ἵνα | anyone | |||||
γνοιP45 | may know it; | γνοῖ· | may know it; | γνοι | | | in | — | — | ܢܕܥ | may know it; | τις | may know it; | |||||
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