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 | ||||||||||||
οP70 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | autem | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP70 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | qui | Qui | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
εγερθεισP70 | having arisen | ἐγερθεὶς | having arisen | — | | | exsurgens | consurgens | having arisen | ܕܝܢ | having arisen | ἐγερθεὶς | having arisen | |||||
παρελαβενP70 | he took | παρέλαβεν | he took | παρελαβεν | | | accepit | accepit | he took | — | — | παρέλαβεν | he took | |||||
τοP70 | the | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
παιδιονP70 | Child | παιδίον | Child | — | | | puerum | puerum | Child | ܩܡ | Child | παιδίον | Child | |||||
καιP70 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܫܩܠܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τηνP70 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | per | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
μητεραP70 | mother | μητέρα | mother | μητερα | | | matrem | matrem | mother | — | — | μητέρα | mother | |||||
αυτουP70 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܠܛܠܝܐ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
νυκτοσP70 | by night | νυκτὸς | by night | νυκτος | | | nocte | nocte | by night | ܘܠܐܡܗ | by night | νυκτός | by night | |||||
καιP70 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܒܠܠܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ανεχωρησενP70 | withdrew | ἀνεχώρησεν | withdrew | ανεχωρησεν | | | secessit | secessit | withdrew | — | — | ἀνεχώρησεν | withdrew | |||||
εισP70 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܘܥܪܩ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
αιγυπτονP70 | Egypt, | Αἴγυπτον, | Egypt, | αιγυπτον | | | aegypto | Ægyptum | Egypt, | ܠܡܨܪܝܢ | Egypt, | Αἴγυπτον | Egypt, | |||||
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