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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | Καὶ | And | — | | | aut | Et | And | ܬܘܒ | And | Πάλιν | And | |||||
παλινP45 · P75 | again | πάλιν | again | — | | | — | iterum | again | ܐܡܪ | again | εἶπεν | again | |||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | He said; | εἶπεν· | He said; | — | | | — | dixit | He said; | ܝܫܘܥ | He said; | Τίνι | He said; | |||||
τινιP45 · P75 | To what | τίνι | To what | τινι | | | cui | Cui | To what | ܠܡܢܐ | To what | ὁμοιώσω | To what | |||||
ομοιωσωP45 · P75 | will I liken | ὁμοιώσω | will I liken | — | | | simile | simile | will I liken | ܐܕܡܝܗ | will I liken | τὴν | will I liken | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | — | | | dei | — | — | — | — | βασιλείαν | the | |||||
βασιλειανP45 · P75 | kingdom | βασιλείαν | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | — | æstimabo | kingdom | ܠܡܠܟܘܬܐ | kingdom | τοῦ | kingdom | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | est | — | — | — | — | θεοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP45 · P75 | of God? | θεοῦ; | of God? | θυ | | | regnum | regnum | of God? | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God? | θεοῦ; | of God? | |||||
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