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 | ||||||||||||
καιP37 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܬܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ελθωνP37 | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | ελθων | | | ueniens | venit | having come | ܬܘܒ | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | |||||
παλινP37 | again | πάλιν | again | παλιν | | | iterum | iterum | again | ܐܫܟܚ | again | εὑρίσκει | again | |||||
ευρενP37 | He found | εὗρεν | He found | ευρεν | | | — | et | He found | ܐܢܘܢ | He found | αὐτοὺς | He found | |||||
αυτουσP37 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | inuenit | invenit | them | ܟܕ | them | πάλιν | them | |||||
καθευδοντασP37 | sleeping; | καθεύδοντας· | sleeping; | καθευδοντας | | | eos | eos | sleeping; | — | — | καθεύδοντας | sleeping; | |||||
ησανP37 | were | ἦσαν | were | ησαν | | | dormientes | dormientes | were | ܕܡܟܝܢ | were | ἦσαν | were | |||||
γαρP37 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | erant | erant | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
αυτωνP37 | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | enim | enim | of them | ܓܝܪ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | |||||
οιP37 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | oculi | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
οφθαλμοιP37 | eyes | ὀφθαλμοὶ | eyes | οφθαλμοι | | | eorum | eorum | eyes | ܝܩܝܪܢ | eyes | ὀφθαλμοὶ | eyes | |||||
βεβαρημενοιP37 | wearied. | βεβαρημένοι.¶ | wearied. | βεβαρημενοι | | | grauati | gravati | wearied. | ܗܘܝ | wearied. | βεβαρημένοι | wearied. | |||||
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