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 | ||||||||||||
ΚαὶP44 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܒܬܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
μεθ᾽P44 | after | μεθ᾽ | after | μεθ | | | post | post | after | — | — | μεθ’ | after | |||||
ἡμέραςP44 | days | ἡμέρας | days | ημερας | | | dies | dies | days | ܫܬܐ | days | ἡμέρας | days | |||||
ἓξP44 | six | ἓξ | six | εξ | | | sex | sex | six | ܝܘܡܝܢ | six | ἓξ | six | |||||
παραλαμβάνειP44 | takes with Him | παραλαμβάνει | takes with Him | παραλαμβανει | | | factum | assumit | takes with Him | — | — | παραλαμβάνει | takes with Him | |||||
ὁP44 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ἸησοῦςP44 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܕܒܪ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
τὸνP44 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ΠέτρονP44 | Peter | Πέτρον | Peter | πετρον | | | petrum | Petrum | Peter | ܝܫܘܥ | Peter | Πέτρον | Peter | |||||
καὶP44 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ἸάκωβονP44 | James | Ἰάκωβον | James | — | | | iacobum | Jacobum | James | ܠܟܐܦܐ | James | Ἰάκωβον | James | |||||
καὶP44 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܝܥܩܘܒ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ἸωάννηνP44 | John | Ἰωάννην | John | — | | | suscepit | — | — | — | — | Ἰωάννην | John | |||||
τὸνP44 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | iohannen | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
ἀδελφὸνP44 | brother | ἀδελφὸν | brother | — | | | leuauit | Joannem | brother | ܘܠܝܘܚܢܢ | brother | ἀδελφὸν | brother | |||||
αὐτοῦP44 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | — | | | fratrem | fratrem | of him | ܐܚܘܗܝ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
καὶP44 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | eius | ejus | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ἀναφέρειP44 | brings up | ἀναφέρει | brings up | — | | | et | et | brings up | ܘܐܤܩ | brings up | ἀναφέρει | brings up | |||||
αὐτοὺςP44 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτου | | | — | ducit | them | ܐܢܘܢ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
εἰςP44 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | eos | illos | into | — | — | εἰς | into | |||||
ὄροςP44 | a mountain | ὄρος | a mountain | ορος | | | in | in | a mountain | ܠܛܘܪܐ | a mountain | ὄρος | a mountain | |||||
ὑψηλὸνP44 | high | ὑψηλὸν | high | ϋψηλον | | | montem | montem | high | ܪܡܐ | high | ὑψηλὸν | high | |||||
κατ᾽P44 | on | κατ᾽ | on | — | | | excelsum | excelsum | on | — | — | κατ’ | on | |||||
ἰδίαν.P44 | their own. | ἰδίαν. | their own. | — | | | nimis | seorsum | their own. | ܒܠܚܘܕܝܗܘܢ | their own. | ἰδίαν | their own. | |||||
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