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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܢܦܩ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐξελθὼν | having gone out | — | | | egressus | egressus | having gone out | ܒܬܠܬ | having gone out | ἐξελθὼν | having gone out | ||||||
| — | περὶ | about | περι | | | circa | circa | about | — | — | περὶ | about | ||||||
| — | τήν | the | — | | | · | — | — | — | — | τρίτην | the | ||||||
| — | τρίτην | third | — | | | horam | horam | third | ܫܥܝܢ | third | ὥραν | third | ||||||
| — | ὥραν | hour | ωραν | | | tertiam | tertiam | hour | ܘܚܙܐ | hour | εἶδεν | hour | ||||||
| — | εἶδεν | he saw | — | | | — | vidit | he saw | — | — | ἄλλους | he saw | ||||||
| — | ἄλλους | others | αλλους | | | alios | alios | others | ܐܚܪܢܐ | others | ἑστῶτας | others | ||||||
| — | ἑστῶτας | already standing | εστωτας | | | stantes | stantes | already standing | ܕܩܝܡܝܢ | already standing | ἐν | already standing | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | inuenit | in | in | — | — | τῇ | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | in | — | — | — | — | ἀγορᾷ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀγορᾷ | marketplace | αγορα | | | foro | foro | marketplace | ܒܫܘܩܐ | marketplace | ἀργούς | marketplace | ||||||
| — | ἀργούς | idle | αργους | | | otiosos | otiosos | idle | ܘܒܛܝܠܝܢ | idle | ἀργούς | idle | ||||||
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