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 | ||||||||||||
αλλP75 · P97 | But | ἀλλ᾽ | But | — | | | sed | sed | But | ܐܠܐ | But | Ἀλλ’ | But | |||||
οτανP75 · P97 | when | ὅταν | when | οταν | | | cum | cum | when | ܡܐ | when | ὅταν | when | |||||
δοχηνP75 · P97 | a feast | δοχὴν | a feast | — | | | facis | facis | a feast | ܕܥܒܕ | a feast | ποιῇς | a feast | |||||
ποιησησP75 · P97 | you may make | ποιῇς, | you may make | ποιης | | | aepulationem | convivium | you may make | ܐܢܬ | you may make | δοχήν | you may make | |||||
καλειP75 · P97 | do call | κάλει | do call | καλει | | | uoca | voca | do call | ܩܘܒܠܐ | do call | κάλει | do call | |||||
πτωχουσP75 · P97 | the poor, | πτωχούς, | the poor, | πτωχους | | | egenos | pauperes | the poor, | ܩܪܝ | the poor, | πτωχούς | the poor, | |||||
αναπειρουσP75 · P97 | the crippled, | ἀναπείρους, | the crippled, | αναπειρους | | | debiles | debiles | the crippled, | ܠܡܤܟܢܐ | the crippled, | ἀναπήρους | the crippled, | |||||
χωλουσP75 · P97 | the lame, | χωλούς, | the lame, | χωλους | | | clodos | claudos | the lame, | ܤܓܝܦܐ | the lame, | χωλούς | the lame, | |||||
τυφλουσP75 · P97 | the blind. | τυφλούς. | the blind. | τυφλους | | | caecos | et | the blind. | ܚܓܝܤܐ | the blind. | τυφλούς | the blind. | |||||
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