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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | Καὶ | And | — | | | et | Et | And | ܘܗܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ιδουP75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | — | | | autem | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
νομικοσP75 | a lawyer | νομικός | a lawyer | — | | | quidam | quidam | a lawyer | — | — | νομικός | a lawyer | |||||
τισP75 | certain | τις | certain | — | | | legis | legisperitus | certain | ܚܕ | certain | τις | certain | |||||
ανεστηP75 | stood up | ἀνέστη | stood up | ανεστη | | | surrexit | surrexit | stood up | ܩܡ | stood up | ἀνέστη | stood up | |||||
εκπειραζωνP75 | testing | ἐκπειράζων | testing | εκπιραζων | | | doctor | tentans | testing | ܕܢܢܤܝܘܗܝ | testing | ἐκπειράζων | testing | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | temptans | illum | Him | ܘܐܡܪ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | |||||
λεγωνP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
διδασκαλεP75 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying; | ܡܠܦܢܐ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||
τιP75 | Teacher, | διδάσκαλε, | Teacher, | — | | | eum | Magister | Teacher, | ܡܢܐ | Teacher, | Διδάσκαλε | Teacher, | |||||
ποιησασP75 | what | τί | what | τι | | | quid | quid | what | ܐܥܒܕ | what | τί | what | |||||
ζωηνP75 | having done | ποιήσας | having done | ποιησας | | | faciens | faciendo | having done | ܕܐܪܬ | having done | ποιήσας | having done | |||||
αιωνιονP75 | life | ζωὴν | life | ζωην | | | uitam | vitam | life | — | — | ζωὴν | life | |||||
κληρονομησωP75 | eternal | αἰώνιον | eternal | αιωνιον | | | aeternam | æternam | eternal | ܚܝܐ | eternal | αἰώνιον | eternal | |||||
κληρονομήσω;P75 | will I inherit? | κληρονομήσω; | will I inherit? | κληρονομησω | | | hereditabo | possidebo | will I inherit? | ܕܠܥܠܡ | will I inherit? | κληρονομήσω | will I inherit? | |||||
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