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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Ait | Said | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | then | δέ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | then | |||||
τιςP45 · P75 | one | τις | one | τις | | | — | ei | one | ܕܝܢ | one | τις | one | |||||
ἐκP45 · P75 | from | ἐκ | from | — | | | quidam | quidam | from | ܐܢܫ | from | αὐτῷ | from | |||||
τοῦP45 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | — | | | ad | — | — | — | — | ἐκ | the | |||||
ὄχλουP45 · P75 | crowd | ὄχλου | crowd | — | | | de | de | crowd | ܡܢ | crowd | τοῦ | crowd | |||||
αὐτῷ·P45 · P75 | to Him: | αὐτῷ· | to Him: | αυτω | | | illum | turba | to Him: | ܗܘ | to Him: | ὄχλου | to Him: | |||||
διδάσκαλε,P45 · P75 | Teacher, | διδάσκαλε, | Teacher, | διδασκαλε | | | magister | Magister | Teacher, | — | — | Διδάσκαλε | Teacher, | |||||
εἰπὲP45 · P75 | do say | εἰπὲ | do say | — | | | dic | dic | do say | ܟܢܫܐ | do say | εἰπὲ | do say | |||||
τῷP45 · P75 | to the | τῷ | to the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | |||||
ἀδελφῷP45 · P75 | brother | ἀδελφῷ | brother | αδελφω | | | fratri | fratri | brother | ܡܠܦܢܐ | brother | ἀδελφῷ | brother | |||||
μουP45 · P75 | of mine | μου | of mine | μου | | | meo | meo | of mine | ܐܡܪ | of mine | μου | of mine | |||||
μερίσασθαιP45 · P75 | to divide | μερίσασθαι | to divide | μερισασθαι | | | populo | ut | to divide | ܠܐܚܝ | to divide | μερίσασθαι | to divide | |||||
μετ᾽P45 · P75 | with | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | partiri | dividat | with | ܦܠܓ | with | μετ’ | with | |||||
ἐμοῦP45 · P75 | me | ἐμοῦ | me | εμου | | | mecum | mecum | me | ܥܡܝ | me | ἐμοῦ | me | |||||
τὴνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
κληρονομίαν.P45 · P75 | inheritance. | κληρονομίαν. | inheritance. | κληρονομιαν | | | hereditatem | hæreditatem | inheritance. | ܝܪܬܘܬܐ | inheritance. | κληρονομίαν | inheritance. | |||||
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