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 | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ὅτε | when | οτε | | | ut | cum | when | ܩܪܒ | when | ὅτε | when | ||||||
| — | ἤγγισαν | they drew near | ηγγισαν | | | — | appropinquassent | they drew near | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | they drew near | ἤγγισαν | they drew near | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | hierosolyma | Jerosolymis | to | ܘܐܬܐ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | ϊεροσολυμα | | | in | — | — | — | — | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܠܒܝܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἦλθον | came | ηλθον | | | uenerunt | venissent | came | ܦܓܐ | came | ἦλθον | came | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | betphage | Bethphage | to | ܥܠ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | Βηθφαγὴ | Bethphage | — | | | adpropiassent | ad | Bethphage | ܓܢܒ | Bethphage | Βηθσφαγὴ | Bethphage | ||||||
| — | εἰς | on | — | | | montem | montem | on | ܛܘܪܐ | on | πρὸς | on | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄρος | Mount | ορος | | | oliueti | Oliveti | Mount | ܕܙܝܬܐ | Mount | ὄρος | Mount | ||||||
| — | τῶν | <the> | των | | | ad | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἐλαιῶν, | of Olives, | ελαιων | | | tunc | tunc | of Olives, | ܫܕܪ | of Olives, | Ἐλαιῶν | of Olives, | ||||||
| — | τότε | then | τοτε | | | — | — | — | — | — | τότε | then | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | suos | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | ἀπέστειλεν | sent | απεστειλεν | | | misit | misit | sent | ܬܪܝܢ | sent | ἀπέστειλεν | sent | ||||||
| — | δύο | two | δυο | | | duos | duos | two | ܡܢ | two | δύο | two | ||||||
| — | μαθητὰς | disciples | μαθητας | | | discipulos | discipulos | disciples | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθητάς | disciples | ||||||
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