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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܬܚܙܝܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ωφθηP45 | appeared | ὤφθη | appeared | ωφθη | | | respondens | apparuit | appeared | ܠܗܘܢ | appeared | ὤφθη | appeared | |||||
αυτοισP45 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | petrus | illis | to them | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
ηλιασP45 | Elijah | Ἠλίας | Elijah | ηλειας | | | dixit | Elias | Elijah | ܐܠܝܐ | Elijah | Ἠλίας | Elijah | |||||
συνP45 | with | σὺν | with | συν | | | ihm | cum | with | ܘܡܘܫܐ | with | σὺν | with | |||||
μωσηιP45 | Moses, | Μωϋσεῖ, | Moses, | μωϋσει | | | rabbi | Moyse | Moses, | ܟܕ | Moses, | Μωσῇ | Moses, | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | bonum | et | and | ܡܡܠܠܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ησανP45 | they were | ἦσαν | they were | — | | | est | erant | they were | — | — | ἦσαν | they were | |||||
συνλαλουντεσP45 | talking with | συλλαλοῦντες | talking with | — | | | nos | loquentes | talking with | ܥܡ | talking with | συλλαλοῦντες | talking with | |||||
τωιP45 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | hicc | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
ιυP45 | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦ. | Jesus. | ιηυ | | | esse | cum Jesu | Jesus. | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦ | Jesus. | |||||
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