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 | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εκπορευομενωνP45 | when were going out | ἐκπορευομένων | when were going out | εκπορευομενων | | | egredientibus | egredientibus | when were going out | ܢܦܩ | when were going out | ἐκπορευομένων | when were going out | |||||
αυτωνP45 | they | αὐτῶν | they | αυτων | | | eis | illis | they | ܝܫܘܥ | they | αὐτῶν | they | |||||
αποP45 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | ab | ab | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
ιεριχωP45 | Jericho | Ἰεριχὼ | Jericho | ϊεριχω | | | iericho | Jericho | Jericho | ܐܝܪܝܚܘ | Jericho | Ἰεριχώ | Jericho | |||||
ηκολουθησανP45 | followed | ἠκολούθησεν | followed | — | | | saecutae | secuta | followed | ܐܬܐ | followed | ἠκολούθησεν | followed | |||||
οχλοιP45 | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | — | est | Him | ܗܘܐ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | |||||
πολλοιP45 | a crowd | ὄχλος | a crowd | — | | | eum | eum | a crowd | ܒܬܪܗ | a crowd | ὄχλος | a crowd | |||||
πολύς.P45 | great. | πολύς. | great. | — | | | turbae | turba | great. | ܟܢܫܐ | great. | πολύς | great. | |||||
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