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 | ||||||||||||
απεκριθηP66 · P75 | Answered | ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | — | | | respondit | Respondit | Answered | ܐܡܪ | Answered | Ἀπεκρίθη | Answered | |||||
ουνP66 · P75 | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | illi | ei | Him | ܠܗ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Φίλιππος | <the> | |||||
οP66 · P75 | Philip; | Φίλιππος· | Philip; | φιλιππος | | | philippus | Philippus | Philip; | ܕܡܐܬܝܢ | Philip; | Διακοσίων | Philip; | |||||
φιλιπποσP66 · P75 | Two hundred | διακοσίων | Two hundred | διακοσιων | | | ducentorum | Ducentorum | Two hundred | ܕܝܢܪܝܢ | Two hundred | δηναρίων | Two hundred | |||||
διακοσιωνP66 · P75 | denarii worth | δηναρίων | denarii worth | δηναριων | | | denariorum | denariorum | denarii worth | ܠܚܡܐ | denarii worth | ἄρτοι | denarii worth | |||||
δηναριωνP66 · P75 | of loaves | ἄρτοι | of loaves | — | | | panes | panes | of loaves | ܠܐ | of loaves | οὐκ | of loaves | |||||
αρτοιP66 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܤܦܩ | not | ἀρκοῦσιν | not | |||||
ουκP66 · P75 | are sufficient | ἀρκοῦσιν | are sufficient | αρκουσιν | | | — | — | — | ܠܗܘܢ | are sufficient | αὐτοῖς | are sufficient | |||||
αρκουσινP66 · P75 | for them | αὐτοῖς | for them | αυτοις | | | sufficiunt | sufficiunt | for them | ܟܕ | for them | ἵνα | for them | |||||
αυτοισP66 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | eis | eis | that | ܩܠܝܠ | that | ἕκαστος | that | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | each | ἕκαστος | each | εκαστος | | | ut | ut | each | ܩܠܝܠ | each | αὐτῶν | each | |||||
εκαστοσP66 · P75 | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | — | unusquisque | of them | ܚܕ | of them | βραχύ | of them | |||||
βραχυP66 · P75 | little piece | βραχύ | little piece | βραχυ | | | modicum | modicum | little piece | ܚܕ | little piece | τι | little piece | |||||
τιP66 · P75 | one | τι | one | — | | | singuli | quid | one | ܡܢܗܘܢ | one | λάβῃ | one | |||||
λαβηP66 · P75 | may receive. | λάβῃ.¶ | may receive. | λαβη | | | accipiant | accipiat | may receive. | ܢܤܒ | may receive. | λάβῃ.¶ | may receive. | |||||
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