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 | ||||||||||||
οP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | ille | ille | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπενP75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | He said | ܕܝܢ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
αυτωP75 | to him; | αὐτῷ· | to him; | αυτω | | | illi | illi | to him; | ܐܡܪ | to him; | αὐτῷ | to him; | |||||
ανθρωπεP75 | Man, | ἄνθρωπε, | Man, | ανθρωπε | | | homo | Homo | Man, | — | — | Ἄνθρωπε | Man, | |||||
τισP75 | who | τίς | who | τις | | | quis | quis | who | ܠܗ | who | τίς | who | |||||
μεP75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | me | me | Me | ܓܒܪܐ | Me | με | Me | |||||
κατεστησεP75 | appointed | κατέστησεν | appointed | κατεστησεν | | | constituit | constituit | appointed | ܡܢܘ | appointed | κατέστησεν | appointed | |||||
κριτηνP75 | a judge | κριτὴν | a judge | κριτην | | | iudicem | judicem | a judge | ܐܩܝܡܢܝ | a judge | δικαστὴν | a judge | |||||
ηP75 | or | ἢ | or | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
μεριστηνP75 | partitioner | μεριστὴν | partitioner | — | | | — | divisorem | partitioner | ܥܠܝܟܘܢ | partitioner | μεριστὴν | partitioner | |||||
εφP75 | over | ἐφ᾽ | over | εφ | | | super | super | over | ܕܝܢܐ | over | ἐφ’ | over | |||||
υμασP75 | you? | ὑμᾶς;¶ | you? | υμας | | | uos | vos | you? | ܘܡܦܠܓܢܐ | you? | ὑμᾶς | you? | |||||
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