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 | ||||||||||||
ησανP75 | Were | Ἦσαν | Were | ησαν | | | erat | Erant | Were | ܡܬܩܪܒܝܢ | Were | Ἦσαν | Were | |||||
δεP75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
αυτωP75 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | — | | | adpropiant | appropinquantes | to Him | ܗܘܘ | to Him | ἐγγίζοντες | to Him | |||||
εγγιζοντεσP75 | drawing near | ἐγγίζοντες | drawing near | εγγιζοντες | | | ei | ei | drawing near | ܕܝܢ | drawing near | αὐτῷ | drawing near | |||||
παντεσP75 | all | πάντες | all | παντες | | | publicani | publicani | all | — | — | πάντες | all | |||||
οιP75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
τελωναιP75 | tax collectors | τελῶναι | tax collectors | τελωναι | | | et | et | tax collectors | ܠܘܬܗ | tax collectors | τελῶναι | tax collectors | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | peccatores | peccatores | and | ܡܟܤܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οιP75 | the | οἱ | the | — | | | omnes | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
αμαρτωλοιP75 | sinners | ἁμαρτωλοὶ | sinners | αμαρτωλοι | | | — | ut | sinners | — | — | ἁμαρτωλοί | sinners | |||||
ακουεινP75 | to hear | ἀκούειν | to hear | ακουειν | | | audire | audirent | to hear | ܘܚܛܝܐ | to hear | ἀκούειν | to hear | |||||
αυτουP75 | Him. | αὐτοῦ. | Him. | αυτου | | | eum | illum | Him. | ܕܢܫܡܥܘܢܝܗܝ | Him. | αὐτοῦ | Him. | |||||
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