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 | ܘܫܒܩ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
καταλιπωνP45 | having left | καταλιπὼν | having left | καταλειπων | | | relinquens | relictis | having left | ܐܢܘܢ | having left | καταλιπὼν | having left | |||||
αυτουσP45 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | illis | them | ܘܢܦܩ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
εξηλθενP45 | He went | ἐξῆλθεν | He went | εξηλθεν | | | — | abiit | He went | ܠܒܪ | He went | ἐξῆλθεν | He went | |||||
εξωP45 | out of | ἔξω | out of | εξω | | | foras | foras | out of | ܡܢ | out of | ἔξω | out of | |||||
τησP45 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | exiit | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
πολεωσP45 | city | πόλεως | city | πολεως | | | et | extra | city | — | — | πόλεως | city | |||||
εισP45 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | ciuitate | civitatem | to | ܡܕܝܢܬܐ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
βηθανιανP45 | Bethany | Βηθανίαν | Bethany | βηθανειαν | | | in | in | Bethany | ܠܒܝܬ | Bethany | Βηθανίαν | Bethany | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | bethaniam | Bethaniam | and | ܥܢܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηυλισθηP45 | He passed the night | ηὐλίσθη | He passed the night | ηυλισθη | | | ibi | ibique | He passed the night | ܘܒܬ | He passed the night | ηὐλίσθη | He passed the night | |||||
εκειP45 | there. | ἐκεῖ. | there. | εκει | | | mansit | mansit | there. | ܬܡܢ | there. | ἐκεῖ | there. | |||||
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