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 | ||||||||||||
ελεγενP45 · P75 | He was saying | Ἔλεγεν | He was saying | ελεγεν | | | dicebat | Dicebat | He was saying | ܐܡܪ | He was saying | Ἔλεγεν | He was saying | |||||
ουνP45 · P75 | then: | οὖν· | then: | — | | | ergo | ergo | then: | ܗܘܐ | then: | δέ | then: | |||||
τινιP45 · P75 | To what | τίνι | To what | τινι | | | cui | Cui | To what | ܕܝܢ | To what | Τίνι | To what | |||||
ομοιαP45 · P75 | like | ὁμοία | like | ομοια | | | simile | simile | like | ܝܫܘܥ | like | ὁμοία | like | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | is | ἐστὶν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܠܡܢܐ | is | ἐστὶν | is | |||||
ηP45 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | illut | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
βασιλειαP45 · P75 | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | regnum | regnum | kingdom | — | — | βασιλεία | kingdom | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP45 · P75 | of God? | θεοῦ, | of God? | θυ | | | dei | Dei | of God? | ܕܡܝܐ | of God? | θεοῦ | of God? | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܡܠܟܘܬܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
τινιP45 · P75 | to what | τίνι | to what | τινι | | | cui | cui | to what | ܕܐܠܗܐ | to what | τίνι | to what | |||||
ομοιωσωP45 · P75 | will I liken | ὁμοιώσω | will I liken | ομοιωσω | | | similabo | simile | will I liken | ܘܠܡܢܐ | will I liken | ὁμοιώσω | will I liken | |||||
αυτηνP45 · P75 | it? | αὐτήν; | it? | αυτην | | | — | æstimabo | it? | ܐܕܡܝܗ | it? | αὐτήν | it? | |||||
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