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 | ||||||||||||
τισP45 · P75 | Which | Τίς | Which | τις | | | quis | Quis | Which | ܡܢܘ | Which | Τίς | Which | |||||
γαρP45 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | — | | | autem | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
εξP45 · P75 | of | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | ex | ex | of | ܡܢܟܘܢ | of | ἐξ | of | |||||
υμωνP45 · P75 | you | ὑμῶν | you | ϋμων | | | uobis | vobis | you | ܕܨܒܐ | you | ὑμῶν | you | |||||
οP45 · P75 | who | ὁ | who | — | | | uolens | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||
θελωνP45 · P75 | is desiring | θέλων | is desiring | θελων | | | turrem | turrim | is desiring | ܕܢܒܢܐ | is desiring | θέλων | is desiring | |||||
πυργονP45 · P75 | a tower | πύργον | a tower | πυργον | | | — | ædificare | a tower | ܡܓܕܠܐ | a tower | πύργον | a tower | |||||
οικοδομησαιP45 · P75 | to build | οἰκοδομῆσαι | to build | οικοδομησαι | | | nonne | non | to build | ܘܠܐ | to build | οἰκοδομῆσαι | to build | |||||
ουχιP45 · P75 | not | οὐχὶ | not | ουχι | | | primum | prius | not | — | — | οὐχὶ | not | |||||
πρωτονP45 · P75 | first | πρῶτον | first | πρωτον | | | sedens | sedens | first | ܠܘܩܕܡ | first | πρῶτον | first | |||||
καθισασP45 · P75 | he having sat down | καθίσας | he having sat down | καθισας | | | aedificare | computat | he having sat down | ܝܬܒ | he having sat down | καθίσας | he having sat down | |||||
ψηφιζειP45 · P75 | he counts | ψηφίζει | he counts | ψηφειζει | | | — | sumptus | he counts | ܚܫܒ | he counts | ψηφίζει | he counts | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | conputat | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
δαπανηνP45 · P75 | cost | δαπάνην | cost | δαπανην | | | — | necessarii | cost | ܢܦܩܬܗ | cost | δαπάνην | cost | |||||
ειP45 · P75 | whether | εἰ | whether | ει | | | erogationem | sunt | whether | ܐܢ | whether | εἰ | whether | |||||
εχειP45 · P75 | he has | ἔχει | he has | εχει | | | si | si | he has | ܐܝܬ | he has | ἔχει | he has | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | <the> | τὰ | <the> | — | | | habet | — | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | |||||
απαρτισμονP45 · P75 | for | εἰς | for | εις | | | ad | ad | for | ܠܗ | for | εἰς | for | |||||
ἀπαρτισμόν;P45 · P75 | its completion? | ἀπαρτισμόν; | its completion? | απαρτισμον | | | perfectum | perficiendum | its completion? | ܠܡܫܠܡܘܬܗ | its completion? | ἀπαρτισμόν | its completion? | |||||
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