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 | ||||||||||||
οτανP45 · P75 | When | ὅταν | When | οταν | | | aulam | Cum | When | ܐܡܬܝ | When | Ὅταν | When | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ισχυροσP45 · P75 | strong man | ἰσχυρὸς | strong man | ϊσχυρος | | | fortis | fortis | strong man | ܕܚܤܝܢܐ | strong man | ἰσχυρὸς | strong man | |||||
καθοπλισαμενοσP45 · P75 | having armed himself | καθωπλισμένος | having armed himself | καθωπλισμενος | | | armatus | armatus | having armed himself | — | — | καθωπλισμένος | having armed himself | |||||
φυλασσηP45 · P75 | may guard | φυλάσσῃ | may guard | — | | | custodit | custodit | may guard | ܟܕ | may guard | φυλάσσῃ | may guard | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | suam | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
αυληνP45 · P75 | his own | ἑαυτοῦ | his own | — | | | — | atrium | his own | ܡܙܝܢ | his own | ἑαυτοῦ | his own | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | house, | αὐλήν, | house, | αυλην | | | est | suum | house, | ܢܛܪ | house, | αὐλήν | house, | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | in | in | in | ܕܪܬܗ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ειρηνηP45 · P75 | peace | εἰρήνῃ | peace | — | | | pace | pace | peace | — | — | εἰρήνῃ | peace | |||||
εστιP45 · P75 | are | ἐστὶν | are | — | | | substantia | sunt | are | ܒܫܝܢܐ | are | ἐστὶν | are | |||||
ταP45 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
υπαρχονταP45 · P75 | possessions | ὑπάρχοντα | possessions | — | | | eius | ea | possessions | ܗܘ | possessions | ὑπάρχοντα | possessions | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | of him; | αὐτοῦ· | of him; | αυτου | | | quando | quæ | of him; | ܩܢܝܢܗ | of him; | αὐτοῦ | of him; | |||||
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