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 | ||||||||||||
οP75 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | — | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | But | δὲ | But | δε | | | — | ipse | But | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | But | |||||
ειπενP75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | He said | ܠܗ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
αυτωP75 | to him; | αὐτῷ· | to him; | — | | | ille | ei | to him; | ܝܫܘܥ | to him; | αὐτῷ | to him; | |||||
ανοσP75 | A man | ἄνθρωπός | A man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | Homo | A man | ܓܒܪܐ | A man | Ἄνθρωπός | A man | |||||
τισP75 | certain | τις | certain | τις | | | quidam | quidam | certain | ܚܕ | certain | τις | certain | |||||
εποιειP75 | was preparing | ἐποίει | was preparing | — | | | fecit | fecit | was preparing | — | — | ἐποίησεν | was preparing | |||||
δειπνονP75 | a supper | δεῖπνον | a supper | — | | | cenam | cœnam | a supper | ܥܒܕ | a supper | δεῖπνον | a supper | |||||
μεγαP75 | great | μέγα | great | μεγαν | | | magnam | magnam | great | ܐܚܫܡܝܬܐ | great | μέγα | great | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܪܒܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εκαλεσενP75 | invited | ἐκάλεσεν | invited | εκαλεσεν | | | uocauit | vocavit | invited | ܘܩܪܐ | invited | ἐκάλεσεν | invited | |||||
πολλουσP75 | many; | πολλούς· | many; | πολλους | | | multos | multos | many; | ܠܤܓܝܐܐ | many; | πολλούς | many; | |||||
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