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 | ||||||||||||
ομοιαP45 · P75 | Like | ὁμοία | Like | ομοια | | | similabo | Simile | Like | ܕܡܝܐ | Like | Ὁμοία | Like | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | it is | ἐστὶν | it is | εστιν | | | est | est | it is | ܠܚܡܝܪܐ | it is | ἐστὶν | it is | |||||
ζυμηιP45 · P75 | to leaven | ζύμῃ | to leaven | ζυμη | | | fermento | fermento | to leaven | — | — | ζύμῃ | to leaven | |||||
ηνP45 · P75 | which | ἣν | which | ην | | | quod | quod | which | ܕܢܤܒܬ | which | ἣν | which | |||||
λαβουσαP45 · P75 | having taken | λαβοῦσα | having taken | λαβουσα | | | accipiens | acceptum | having taken | ܐܢܬܬܐ | having taken | λαβοῦσα | having taken | |||||
γυνηP45 · P75 | a woman | γυνὴ | a woman | γυνη | | | mulier | mulier | a woman | — | — | γυνὴ | a woman | |||||
εκρυψενP45 · P75 | hid | ἐνέκρυψεν | hid | ενεκρυψεν | | | abscondit | abscondit | hid | ܛܡܪܬ | hid | ἐνέκρυψεν | hid | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | et | — | — | ܒܩܡܚܐ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
αλευρουP45 · P75 | of meal | ἀλεύρου | of meal | αλευρου | | | in | in | of meal | ܕܬܠܬ | of meal | ἀλεύρου | of meal | |||||
σαταP45 · P75 | measures | σάτα | measures | σατα | | | farinae | farinæ | measures | — | — | σάτα | measures | |||||
τριαP45 · P75 | three | τρία | three | τρια | | | illut | sata | three | ܤܐܝܢ | three | τρία | three | |||||
εωσP45 · P75 | until | ἕως | until | εως | | | tris | tria | until | ܥܕܡܐ | until | ἕως | until | |||||
ουP45 · P75 | it | οὗ | it | ου | | | — | donec | it | — | — | οὗ | it | |||||
εζυμωθηP45 · P75 | was leavened | ἐζυμώθη | was leavened | — | | | fermentatum | fermentaretur | was leavened | ܕܟܠܗ | was leavened | ἐζυμώθη | was leavened | |||||
ολοP45 · P75 | all. | ὅλον.¶ | all. | ολον | | | totum | totum | all. | ܚܡܥ | all. | ὅλον | all. | |||||
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