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 | ||||||||||||
αποκριθεισP138 · P45 · P75 | Answering | Ἀποκριθεὶς | Answering | αποκριθεις | | | respondens | Respondens | ? | ܥܢܐ | Answering | Ἀποκριθεὶς | Answering | |||||
δεP138 · P45 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
οP138 · P45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | sabbat | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
αρχισυναγωγοσP138 · P45 · P75 | ruler of the synagogue, | ἀρχισυνάγωγος, | ruler of the synagogue, | αρχισυναγωγος | | | archisynagogus | archisynagogus | ? | ܪܒ | ruler of the synagogue, | ἀρχισυνάγωγος | ruler of the synagogue, | |||||
αγανακτωνP138 · P45 · P75 | indignant | ἀγανακτῶν | indignant | αγανακτων | | | indignans | indignans | ? | ܟܢܘܫܬܐ | indignant | ἀγανακτῶν | indignant | |||||
οτιP138 · P45 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | — | | | quia | quia | because/that | ܟܕ | because | ὅτι | because | |||||
τωP138 · P45 · P75 | on the | τῷ | on the | — | | | populo | — | — | — | — | τῷ | on the | |||||
σαββατωP138 · P45 · P75 | Sabbath | σαββάτῳ | Sabbath | — | | | sabbato | sabbato | ? | ܡܬܚܡܬ | Sabbath | σαββάτῳ | Sabbath | |||||
εθεραπευσενP138 · P45 · P75 | healed | ἐθεράπευσεν | healed | — | | | curauit | curasset | ? | — | — | ἐθεράπευσεν | healed | |||||
οP138 · P45 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιησP138 · P45 · P75 | Jesus, | Ἰησοῦς, | Jesus, | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܥܠ | Jesus, | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus, | |||||
ελεγενP138 · P45 · P75 | he was saying | ἔλεγεν | he was saying | ελεγεν | | | dicebat | dicebat | ? | ܕܐܤܝ | he was saying | ἔλεγεν | he was saying | |||||
τωP138 · P45 · P75 | to the | τῷ | to the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | |||||
οχλωP138 · P45 · P75 | crowd | ὄχλῳ | crowd | οχλω | | | — | turb | ? | ܒܫܒܬܐ | crowd | ὄχλῳ | crowd | |||||
οτιP138 · P45 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | sex | Sex | ? | ܝܫܘܥ | that | Ἓξ | that | |||||
εξP138 · P45 · P75 | Six | ἓξ | Six | εξ | | | dies | dies | day | ܘܐܡܪ | Six | ἡμέραι | Six | |||||
ημεραιP138 · P45 · P75 | days | ἡμέραι | days | ημεραι | | | sunt | sunt | are | ܠܟܢܫܐ | days | εἰσὶν | days | |||||
εισινP138 · P45 · P75 | there are | εἰσὶν | there are | εισιν | | | in | in | in | ܫܬܐ | there are | ἐν | there are | |||||
ενP138 · P45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | quibus | quibus | to whom (pl) | ܐܢܘܢ | in | αἷς | in | |||||
αισP138 · P45 · P75 | which | αἷς | which | αις | | | oportet | oportet | ? | ܝܘܡܝܢ | which | δεῖ | which | |||||
δειP138 · P45 · P75 | it behooves | δεῖ | it behooves | δει | | | — | operari | ? | ܕܒܗܘܢ | it behooves | ἐργάζεσθαι | it behooves | |||||
εργαζεσθαιP138 · P45 · P75 | to work; | ἐργάζεσθαι· | to work; | εργαζεσθαι | | | in | in | in | ܘܠܐ | to work; | ἐν | to work; | |||||
ενP138 · P45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | his | his | ? | ܠܡܦܠܚ | in | ταύταις | in | |||||
αυταισP138 · P45 · P75 | these | αὐταῖς | these | — | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | — | — | οὖν | these | |||||
ουνP138 · P45 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | uenientes | venite | ? | ܒܗܘܢ | therefore | ἐρχόμενοι | therefore | |||||
ερχομενοιP138 · P45 · P75 | coming | ἐρχόμενοι | coming | ερχομενοι | | | et | et | and | ܗܘܝܬܘܢ | coming | θεραπεύεσθε | coming | |||||
θεραπευεσθεP138 · P45 · P75 | do be healed | θεραπεύεσθε | do be healed | — | | | curari | curamini | ? | ܐܬܝܢ | do be healed | καὶ | do be healed | |||||
καιP138 · P45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܡܬܐܤܝܢ | and | μὴ | and | |||||
μηP138 · P45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܘܠܐ | not | τῇ | not | |||||
τηP138 · P45 · P75 | on the | τῇ | on the | τη | | | — | in | in | — | — | ἡμέρᾳ | on the | |||||
ημεραP138 · P45 · P75 | day | ἡμέρᾳ | day | ημερα | | | — | die | on the day | ܒܝܘܡܐ | day | τοῦ | day | |||||
τουP138 · P45 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | curamini | — | — | — | — | σαββάτου | of the | |||||
σαββατουP138 · P45 · P75 | Sabbath. | σαββάτου.¶ | Sabbath. | σαββατου | | | die | sabbati | ? | ܕܫܒܬܐ | Sabbath. | σαββάτου.¶ | Sabbath. | |||||
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