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 | ||||||||||||
ειP45 · P75 | If | εἰ | If | ει | | | si | Si | If | ܘܐܢ | If | Εἰ | If | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
εγωP45 · P75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܒܒܥܠܙܒܘܒ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | by | ἐν | by | εν | | | in | in | by | — | — | ἐν | by | |||||
βεελζεβουλP45 · P75 | Beelzebul | Βεελζεβοὺλ | Beelzebul | βεελζεβουλ | | | beelzebul | Beelzebub | Beelzebul | ܡܦܩ | Beelzebul | Βεελζεβοὺλ | Beelzebul | |||||
εκβαλλωP45 · P75 | cast out | ἐκβάλλω | cast out | εκβαλλω | | | eicio | ejicio | cast out | ܐܢܐ | cast out | ἐκβάλλω | cast out | |||||
οιP45 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
υιοιP45 · P75 | demons, | δαιμόνια, | demons, | δαιμονια | | | daemonia | dæmonia | demons, | ܕܝܘܐ | demons, | δαιμόνια | demons, | |||||
υμωνP45 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | — | | | eicient | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | sons | υἱοὶ | sons | ϋιοι | | | fili | filii | sons | ܒܢܝܟܘܢ | sons | υἱοὶ | sons | |||||
τινιP45 · P75 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
εκβαλλουσινP45 · P75 | by | ἐν | by | εν | | | uestri | vestri | by | ܒܡܢܐ | by | ἐν | by | |||||
διαP45 · P75 | whom | τίνι | whom | — | | | in | in | whom | ܡܦܩܝܢ | whom | τίνι | whom | |||||
τουτοP45 · P75 | do they cast out? | ἐκβάλλουσιν; | do they cast out? | εκβαλλουσιν | | | quo | quo | do they cast out? | ܡܛܠ | do they cast out? | ἐκβάλλουσιν | do they cast out? | |||||
αυτοιP45 · P75 | On account of | διὰ | On account of | δια | | | propter | ejiciunt | On account of | ܗܢܐ | On account of | Διὰ | On account of | |||||
εσονταιP45 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | hoc | ideo | this | ܗܢܘܢ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
υμωνP45 · P75 | they themselves | αὐτοὶ | they themselves | αυτοι | | | ipsi | ipsi | they themselves | — | — | κριταὶ | they themselves | |||||
κριταιP45 · P75 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | iudices | judices | of you | ܢܗܘܘܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
κριταὶP45 · P75 | judges | κριταὶ | judges | κριται | | | uestri | vestri | judges | ܠܟܘܢ | judges | αὐτοὶ | judges | |||||
ἔσονται.P45 · P75 | will be. | ἔσονται. | will be. | εσονται | | | erunt | erunt | will be. | ܕܝܢܐ | will be. | ἔσονται | will be. | |||||
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