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 | ||||||||||||
συνεταξενP37 · P45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αυτοισP37 · P45 | did | ἐποίησαν | did | εποιησαν | | | fecerunt | fecerunt | did | ܥܒܕܘ | did | ἐποίησαν | did | |||||
οP37 · P45 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | eis | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
ιησP37 · P45 | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | — | — | μαθηταὶ | disciples | |||||
καιP37 · P45 | as | ὡς | as | ως | | | sicut | sicut | as | ܐܝܟܢܐ | as | ὡς | as | |||||
ητοιμασανP37 · P45 | directed | συνέταξεν | directed | συνεταξεν | | | constituit | constituit | directed | ܕܦܩܕ | directed | συνέταξεν | directed | |||||
τοP37 · P45 | them | αὐτοῖς | them | αυτοις | | | — | illis | them | ܠܗܘܢ | them | αὐτοῖς | them | |||||
πασχαP37 · P45 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
Ἰησοῦς,P37 · P45 | Jesus, | Ἰησοῦς, | Jesus, | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus, | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus, | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus, | |||||
καὶP37 · P45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ἡτοίμασανP37 · P45 | prepared | ἡτοίμασαν | prepared | ητοιμασαν | | | parauerunt | paraverunt | prepared | ܘܛܝܒܘ | prepared | ἡτοίμασαν | prepared | |||||
τὸP37 · P45 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
πάσχα.¶P37 · P45 | Passover. | πάσχα.¶ | Passover. | πασχα | | | pascha | Pascha | Passover. | ܦܨܚܐ | Passover. | Πάσχα | Passover. | |||||
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