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 | ||||||||||||
τινεσP45 · P75 | Some | Τινὲς | Some | τινες | | | quidam | Quidam | Some | ܐܢܫܐ | Some | Τινὲς | Some | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | — | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
εξP45 · P75 | of | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | ex | ex | of | ܡܢܗܘܢ | of | ἐξ | of | |||||
αυτωνP45 · P75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | eis | eis | them | ܐܡܪܘ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
ελαλησανP45 · P75 | said; | εἶπον· | said; | ειπον | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | said; | ܒܒܥܠܙܒܘܒ | said; | εἶπον | said; | |||||
οχυροιP45 · P75 | By | ἐν | By | εν | | | in | In | By | — | — | Ἐν | By | |||||
λεγοντεσP45 · P75 | Beelzebul | Βεελζεβοὺλ | Beelzebul | βεελζεβουλ | | | beelzebul | Beelzebub | Beelzebul | ܪܫܐ | Beelzebul | Βεελζεβοὺλ | Beelzebul | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | — | | | et | — | — | — | — | ἄρχοντι | the | |||||
βεελζεβουλP45 · P75 | prince | ἄρχοντι | prince | αρχοντι | | | principe | principe | prince | ܕܕܝܘܐ | prince | τῶν | prince | |||||
τωιP45 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | eicit | — | — | — | — | δαιμονίων | of the | |||||
αρχοντιP45 · P75 | demons | δαιμονίων | demons | δαιμονιων | | | ad | dæmoniorum | demons | ܡܦܩ | demons | ἐκβάλλει | demons | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | He casts out | ἐκβάλλει | He casts out | εκβαλλει | | | — | ejicit | He casts out | ܗܢܐ | He casts out | τὰ | He casts out | |||||
δαιμονιωνP45 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | δαιμόνια | the | |||||
εκβαλλειP45 · P75 | demons. | δαιμόνια.¶ | demons. | δαιμονια | | | — | dæmonia | demons. | ܕܝܘܐ | demons. | δαιμόνια.¶ | demons. | |||||
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