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 | ܘܫܒܩ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αφεισP37 | having left | ἀφεὶς | having left | αφεις | | | relinquens | relictis | having left | ܐܢܘܢ | having left | ἀφεὶς | having left | |||||
αυτουσP37 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | illis | them | ܘܐܙܠ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
απελθωνP37 | again | πάλιν | again | παλιν | | | iterum | iterum | again | — | — | ἀπελθὼν | again | |||||
προσηυξατοP37 | having gone away | ἀπελθὼν | having gone away | απελθων | | | abiit | abiit | having gone away | ܬܘܒ | having gone away | πάλιν | having gone away | |||||
τονP37 | He prayed | προσηύξατο | He prayed | προσηυξατο | | | — | — | — | ܨܠܝ | He prayed | προσηύξατο | He prayed | |||||
αυτονP37 | for | ἐκ | for | — | | | et | et | for | ܕܬܠܬ | for | ἐκ | for | |||||
λογονP37 | the third time | τρίτου | the third time | — | | | orauit | oravit | the third time | ܙܒܢܝܢ | the third time | τρίτου | the third time | |||||
ειπωνP37 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
παλινP37 | same | αὐτὸν | same | αυτον | | | — | tertio | same | — | — | αὐτὸν | same | |||||
λόγονP37 | thing | λόγον | thing | λογον | | | eundem | eumdem | thing | ܘܠܗ | thing | λόγον | thing | |||||
εἰπὼνP37 | having said | εἰπὼν | having said | ειπων | | | sermonem | sermonem | having said | ܠܡܠܬܐ | having said | εἰπών | having said | |||||
πάλιν.¶P37 | again. | πάλιν.¶ | again. | — | | | dicens | dicens | again. | ܐܡܪ | again. | πάλιν.¶ | again. | |||||
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