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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP75 | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | — | | | dixit | Ait | Said | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | — | | | — | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
οP75 | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | — | | | — | ei | to him | ܫܡܥܘܢ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | |||||
πετροσP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
κεP75 | Peter; | Πέτρος· | Peter; | — | | | petrus | Petrus | Peter; | ܟܐܦܐ | Peter; | Πέτρος | Peter; | |||||
προσP75 | Lord, | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | — | Domine | Lord, | ܡܪܢ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||
ημασP75 | to | πρὸς | to | — | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܘܬܢ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
τηνP75 | us | ἡμᾶς | us | — | | | nos | nos | us | ܐܡܪ | us | ἡμᾶς | us | |||||
παραβοληνP75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
ταυτηνP75 | parable | παραβολὴν | parable | — | | | dicis | dicis | parable | ܐܢܬ | parable | παραβολὴν | parable | |||||
λεγεισP75 | this | ταύτην | this | — | | | hanc | hanc | this | ܠܗ | this | ταύτην | this | |||||
ηP75 | speak You | λέγεις | speak You | — | | | parauolam | parabolam | speak You | ܠܡܬܠܐ | speak You | λέγεις | speak You | |||||
καιP75 | or | ἢ | or | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
προσP75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܐܘ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
παντασP75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | — | ad | to | ܐܦ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
πάντας;P75 | all? | πάντας; | all? | — | | | dme | omnes | all? | ܠܘܬ | all? | πάντας | all? | |||||
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