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 | ܘܡܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εξαπιναP45 | suddenly | ἐξάπινα | suddenly | — | | | descendentibus | statim | suddenly | ܫܠܝܐ | suddenly | ἐξάπινα | suddenly | |||||
περιβλεψαμενοιP45 | having looked around | περιβλεψάμενοι | having looked around | περιβλεψαμενοι | | | illis | circumspicientes | having looked around | ܟܕ | having looked around | περιβλεψάμενοι | having looked around | |||||
ουδεναP45 | no longer | οὐκέτι | no longer | ουκετι | | | de | neminem | no longer | ܚܪܘ | no longer | οὐκέτι | no longer | |||||
ειδονP45 | no one | οὐδένα | no one | ουδενα | | | monte | amplius | no one | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | no one | οὐδένα | no one | |||||
αλλαP45 | they saw | εἶδον | they saw | ειδον | | | praecepit | viderunt | they saw | ܠܐܢܫ | they saw | εἶδον | they saw | |||||
τονP45 | except | ἀλλὰ | except | — | | | illis | nisi | except | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | except | |||||
ιηP45 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | ne | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
μονονP45 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιην | | | cui | Jesum | Jesus | ܐܠܐ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | |||||
μεθP45 | alone | μόνον | alone | μονον | | | quae | tantum | alone | ܠܝܫܘܥ | alone | μόνον | alone | |||||
εαυτωνP45 | with | μεθ᾽ | with | μεθ | | | uidissent | secum | with | ܒܠܚܘܕܘܗܝ | with | μεθ’ | with | |||||
ἑαυτῶν.¶P45 | themselves. | ἑαυτῶν.¶ | themselves. | εαυτων | | | narrarent | — | — | ܥܡܗܘܢ | themselves. | ἑαυτῶν | themselves. | |||||
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