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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
ελεγενP45 · P75 · P97 | He was speaking | Ἔλεγεν | He was speaking | ελεγεν | | | dicebat | Dicebat | He was speaking | ܘܐܡܪ | He was speaking | Ἔλεγεν | He was speaking | |||||
δεP45 · P75 · P97 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
προσP45 · P75 · P97 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | uidens | et | to | ܡܬܠܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
τουσP45 · P75 · P97 | those | τοὺς | those | τους | | | ad | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | those | |||||
κεκλημενουσP45 · P75 · P97 | invited | κεκλημένους | invited | κεκλημενους | | | inuitatos | invitatos | invited | ܗܢܘܢ | invited | κεκλημένους | invited | |||||
παραβοληνP45 · P75 · P97 | a parable | παραβολὴν | a parable | παραβολην | | | parabolam | parabolam | a parable | ܕܡܙܡܢܝܢ | a parable | παραβολήν | a parable | |||||
επεχωνP45 · P75 · P97 | remarking | ἐπέχων | remarking | επεχων | | | — | intendens | remarking | ܬܡܢ | remarking | ἐπέχων | remarking | |||||
πωσP45 · P75 · P97 | how | πῶς | how | πως | | | quomodo | quomodo | how | ܥܠ | how | πῶς | how | |||||
τασP45 · P75 · P97 | the | τὰς | the | τας | | | primos | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
πρωτοκλισιασP45 · P75 · P97 | first places | πρωτοκλισίας | first places | πρωτοκλισιας | | | ad | accubitus | first places | ܗܘܐ | first places | πρωτοκλισίας | first places | |||||
εξελεγοντοP45 · P75 · P97 | they were choosing out, | ἐξελέγοντο, | they were choosing out, | εξελεγοντο | | | eligebant | eligerent | they were choosing out, | ܠܗܘܢ | they were choosing out, | ἐξελέγοντο | they were choosing out, | |||||
λεγωνP45 · P75 · P97 | saying | λέγων | saying | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying | ܕܡܓܒܝܢ | saying | λέγων | saying | |||||
προσP45 · P75 · P97 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | adcubitos | ad | to | ܕܘܟܝܬܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτουσP45 · P75 · P97 | them; | αὐτούς· | them; | αυτους | | | eos | illos | them; | ܕܪܝܫ | them; | αὐτούς | them; | |||||
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