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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
τισP45 · P75 | Which | τίς | Which | — | | | qui | Quis | ? | ܡܢܘ | Which | Τίς | Which | |||||
τουτωνP45 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | quem | horum | ? | ܗܟܝܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | of these | τούτων | of these | — | | | — | trium | ? | ܡܢ | of these | τούτων | of these | |||||
τριωνP45 · P75 | <the> | τῶν | <the> | — | | | latrones | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | |||||
δοκειP45 · P75 | three | τριῶν | three | — | | | — | videtur | ? | ܗܠܝܢ | three | τριῶν | three | |||||
σοιP45 · P75 | a neighbour | πλησίον | a neighbour | — | | | — | tibi | ? | ܬܠܬܐ | a neighbour | πλησίον | a neighbour | |||||
πλησιονP45 · P75 | seems | δοκεῖ | seems | δοκεις | | | proximum | proximus | ? | ܡܬܚܙܐ | seems | δοκεῖ | seems | |||||
γεγονεναιP45 · P75 | to you | σοι | to you | — | | | fuisse | fuisse | ? | ܠܟ | to you | σοι | to you | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | to have been | γεγονέναι | to have been | γεγονεναι | | | ego | illi | to him/those | ܕܗܘܐ | to have been | γεγονέναι | to have been | |||||
εμπεσοντοσP45 · P75 | of the one | τοῦ | of the one | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the one | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | falling | ἐμπεσόντος | falling | — | | | — | qui | who/which | ܩܪܝܒܐ | falling | ἐμπεσόντος | falling | |||||
τουσP45 · P75 | among | εἰς | among | εις | | | incidit | incidit | ? | ܠܗܘ | among | εἰς | among | |||||
ληστασP45 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | putas | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
λῃστάς;P45 · P75 | robbers? | λῃστάς; | robbers? | ληστας | | | in | latrones | ? | ܕܢܦܠ | robbers? | λῃστάς | robbers? | |||||
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