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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | ei | Ait | Said | ܫܐܠܗ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | then | δέ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | then | |||||
τισP45 · P75 | one | τις | one | τις | | | ille | illi | one | ܕܝܢ | one | τις | one | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P75 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | quidam | quidam | to Him; | ܐܢܫ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
κεP45 · P75 | Lord, | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | dme | Domine | Lord, | — | — | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||
ειP45 · P75 | if | εἰ | if | ει | | | si | si | if | ܕܐܢ | if | εἰ | if | |||||
ολιγοιP45 · P75 | are few | ὀλίγοι | are few | ολιγοι | | | pauci | pauci | are few | ܙܥܘܪܝܢ | are few | ὀλίγοι | are few | |||||
οιP45 · P75 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | sunt | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
σωζομενοιP45 · P75 | being saved? | σῳζόμενοι; | being saved? | σωζομενοι | | | qui | qui | being saved? | — | — | σῳζόμενοι | being saved? | |||||
οP45 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | salua&nt;&ur; | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | respondens | Ipse | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | dixit | autem | He said | ܐܝܠܝܢ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
προσP45 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | — | | | dixit | dixit | to | — | — | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτουσP45 · P75 | them; | αὐτούς· | them; | — | | | ad | ad | them; | ܕܚܐܝܢ | them; | αὐτούς | them; | |||||
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