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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
καιP37 · P45 · P53 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܕܒܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
παραλαβωνP37 · P45 · P53 | having taken with Him | παραλαβὼν | having taken with Him | παραλαβων | | | suscipiens | assumpto | having taken with Him | ܠܟܐܦܐ | having taken with Him | παραλαβὼν | having taken with Him | |||||
τονP37 · P45 · P53 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
πετρονP37 · P45 · P53 | Peter | Πέτρον | Peter | πετρον | | | petrum | Petro | Peter | — | — | Πέτρον | Peter | |||||
καιP37 · P45 · P53 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܬܪܝܗܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τουσP37 · P45 · P53 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | coepit | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
δυοP37 · P45 · P53 | two | δύο | two | δυο | | | duos | duobus | two | ܒܢܝ | two | δύο | two | |||||
υιουσP37 · P45 · P53 | sons | υἱοὺς | sons | ϋιους | | | filios | filiis | sons | — | — | υἱοὺς | sons | |||||
ζεβεδαιουP37 · P45 · P53 | of Zebedee | Ζεβεδαίου | of Zebedee | ζεβεδαιου | | | zebedaei | Zebedæi | of Zebedee | ܙܒܕܝ | of Zebedee | Ζεβεδαίου | of Zebedee | |||||
ηρξατοP37 · P45 · P53 | He began | ἤρξατο | He began | ηρξατο | | | — | cœpit | He began | ܘܫܪܝ | He began | ἤρξατο | He began | |||||
λυπεισθαιP37 · P45 · P53 | to be sorrowful | λυπεῖσθαι | to be sorrowful | λυπεισθαι | | | contristari | contristari | to be sorrowful | — | — | λυπεῖσθαι | to be sorrowful | |||||
καιP37 · P45 · P53 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܡܬܟܡܪܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αδημονεινP37 · P45 · P53 | to be deeply distressed. | ἀδημονεῖν.¶ | to be deeply distressed. | αδημονειν | | | deficere | mœstus | to be deeply distressed. | ܘܠܡܬܥܩܘ | to be deeply distressed. | ἀδημονεῖν | to be deeply distressed. | |||||
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