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 | | | pharisaeus | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | autem | autem | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
φαρεισαιοσP45 · P75 | the Pharisee | Φαρισαῖος | the Pharisee | φαρισαιος | | | coepit | cœpit | the Pharisee | ܦܪܝܫܐ | the Pharisee | Φαρισαῖος | the Pharisee | |||||
ιδωνP45 · P75 | having seen it | ἰδὼν | having seen it | — | | | in | intra | having seen it | ܟܕ | having seen it | ἰδὼν | having seen it | |||||
εθαυμασενP45 · P75 | marveled | ἐθαύμασεν | marveled | — | | | semet | se | marveled | ܚܙܝܗܝ | marveled | ἐθαύμασεν | marveled | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | — | | | ipso | reputans | that | ܐܬܕܡܪ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
ουP45 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | dicens | dicere | not | ܕܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
πρωτονP45 · P75 | first | πρῶτον | first | πρωτον | | | quare | quare | first | ܠܘܩܕܡ | first | πρῶτον | first | |||||
εβαπτισατοP45 · P75 | He washed | ἐβαπτίσθη | He washed | εβαπτισθη | | | non | non | He washed | ܥܡܕ | He washed | ἐβαπτίσθη | He washed | |||||
προP45 · P75 | before | πρὸ | before | προ | | | baptizatus | baptizatus | before | ܡܢ | before | πρὸ | before | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
αριστουP45 · P75 | dinner. | ἀρίστου.¶ | dinner. | αριστου | | | antequam | ante | dinner. | ܫܪܘܬܗ | dinner. | ἀρίστου | dinner. | |||||
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