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 | ||||||||||||
οP45 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | fac | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | ad | At | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | he said; | εἶπεν· | he said; | ειπεν | | | ille | ille | he said; | ܕܝܢ | he said; | εἶπεν | he said; | |||||
οP45 · P75 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | similiter | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
ποιησασP45 · P75 | having shown | ποιήσας | having shown | ποιησας | | | dixit | dixit | having shown | ܐܡܪ | having shown | ποιήσας | having shown | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
ελεοσP45 · P75 | compassion | ἔλεος | compassion | ελεος | | | qui | Qui | compassion | ܗܘ | compassion | ἔλεος | compassion | |||||
μετP45 · P75 | toward | μετ᾽ | toward | μετ | | | fecit | fecit | toward | ܕܐܬܪܚܡ | toward | μετ’ | toward | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | him. | αὐτοῦ. | him. | αυτου | | | misericordiam | misericordiam | him. | ܥܠܘܗܝ | him. | αὐτοῦ | him. | |||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | Said | εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | cum | in | Said | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | — | illum | then | ܕܝܢ | but | οὖν | then | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P75 | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | — | | | et | Et | to him | ܝܫܘܥ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | |||||
οP45 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | eo | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιηP45 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | dixit | ait | Jesus; | ܙܠ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
πορευουP45 · P75 | do go | πορεύου, | do go | πορευου | | | — | illi | do go | ܐܦ | do go | Πορεύου | do go | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | ihs | Jesus | and | ܐܢܬ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
συP45 · P75 | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | συ | | | uade | Vade | you yourself | ܗܟܢܐ | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | do act | ποίει | do act | ποιει | | | autem | et | do act | ܗܘܝܬ | do act | ποίει | do act | |||||
ποιειP45 · P75 | likewise. | ὁμοίως.¶ | likewise. | ομοιως | | | tu | tu | likewise. | ܥܒܕ | likewise. | ὁμοίως | likewise. | |||||
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