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 | ||||||||||||
παντεσP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | All | πάντες | All | — | | | ante | Omnes | All | ܘܟܠܗܘܢ | All | Πάντες | All | |||||
οσοιP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | as many as | ὅσοι | as many as | οσοι | | | quodquod | quotquot | as many as | ܐܝܠܝܢ | as many as | ὅσοι | as many as | |||||
ηλθονP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | came | ἦλθον | came | ηλθον | | | uenerunt | venerunt | came | — | — | ἦλθον | came | |||||
κλεπταιP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | before | πρὸ | before | προ | | | — | — | — | ܕܐܬܘ | before | κλέπται | before | |||||
εισινP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | Me | ἐμοῦ, | Me | εμου | | | fures | fures | Me | ܓܢܒܐ | Me | εἰσὶν | Me | |||||
καιP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | thieves | κλέπται | thieves | κλεπται | | | sunt | sunt | thieves | ܐܢܘܢ | thieves | καὶ | thieves | |||||
λησταιP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | are | εἰσὶν | are | εισιν | | | et | et | are | — | — | λῃσταί | are | |||||
αλλP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | latrones | latrones | and | ܘܓܝܤܐ | and | ἀλλ’ | and | |||||
ουκP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | robbers; | λῃσταί· | robbers; | λησται | | | me | et | robbers; | ܐܠܐ | robbers; | οὐκ | robbers; | |||||
ηκουσενP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | — | | | non | non | but | ܠܐ | but | ἤκουσαν | but | |||||
αυτωνP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | sed | — | — | ܫܡܥܬ | not | αὐτῶν | not | |||||
ταP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | did listen | ἤκουσαν | did listen | ηκουσαν | | | audierunt | audierunt | did listen | — | — | τὰ | did listen | |||||
προβαταP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | to them | αὐτῶν | to them | αυτων | | | — | eos | to them | ܐܢܘܢ | to them | πρόβατα | to them | |||||
τὰP44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | eorum | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
πρόβατα.P44 · P45 · P66 · P75 | sheep. | πρόβατα. | sheep. | προβατα | | | oues | oves | sheep. | ܥܢܐ | sheep. | πρόβατα. | sheep. | |||||
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