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 | ||||||||||||
σαμαρειτησP45 · P75 | A Samaritan | Σαμαρίτης | A Samaritan | σαμαριτης | | | samaritanus | Samaritanus | A Samaritan | ܐܢܫ | A Samaritan | Σαμαρείτης | A Samaritan | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | however | δέ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | however | |||||
τισP45 · P75 | one | τις | one | τις | | | transiens | quidam | one | ܫܡܪܝܐ | one | τις | one | |||||
οδευωνP45 · P75 | journeying | ὁδεύων | journeying | οδευων | | | ad | iter | journeying | ܟܕ | journeying | ὁδεύων | journeying | |||||
ηλθενP45 · P75 | came | ἦλθεν | came | ηλθεν | | | misertus | faciens | came | ܪܕܐ | came | ἦλθεν | came | |||||
κατP45 · P75 | to | κατ᾽ | to | κατ | | | uenit | venit | to | ܗܘܐ | to | κατ’ | to | |||||
αυτονP45 · P75 | him, | αὐτόν, | him, | αυτον | | | est | secus | him, | ܐܬܐ | him, | αὐτόν | him, | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | eum | eum | and | ܐܝܟܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιδωνP45 · P75 | having seen | ἰδὼν | having seen | ιδων | | | et | et | having seen | ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ | having seen | ἰδὼν | having seen | |||||
εσπλαγχνισθηP45 · P75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | uidens | videns | him | ܗܘܐ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
ἐσπλαγχνίσθη,P45 · P75 | was moved with compassion, | ἐσπλαγχνίσθη, | was moved with compassion, | — | | | eum | eum | was moved with compassion, | ܘܚܙܝܗܝ | was moved with compassion, | ἐσπλαγχνίσθη | was moved with compassion, | |||||
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