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 | ܘܩܪܒܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
προσηλθονP45 | came | προσῆλθον | came | προσηλθον | | | accesserunt | accesserunt | came | — | — | προσῆλθον | came | |||||
αυτωιP45 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | ad | ad | to Him | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
τυφλοιP45 | blind | τυφλοὶ | blind | τυφλοι | | | eum | eum | blind | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | blind | χωλοὶ | blind | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | caeci | cæci | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
χωλοιP45 | lame | χωλοὶ | lame | χωλοι | | | et | et | lame | ܤܡܝܐ | lame | τυφλοὶ | lame | |||||
ενP45 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | clodi | claudi | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
τωιP45 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ιερωιP45 | temple, | ἱερῷ, | temple, | ϊερω | | | templo | templo | temple, | ܘܚܓܝܤܐ | temple, | ἱερῷ | temple, | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܤܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εθεραπευσενP45 | He healed | ἐθεράπευσεν | He healed | εθεραπευσεν | | | curauit | sanavit | He healed | — | — | ἐθεράπευσεν | He healed | |||||
αυτουσP45 | them. | αὐτούς. | them. | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them. | ܐܢܘܢ | them. | αὐτούς | them. | |||||
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