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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܐܡܪ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
ειπενP75 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܠܗ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | diuisit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
νεωτεροσP75 | younger | νεώτερος | younger | νεωτερος | | | adulescentior | adolescentior | younger | ܒܪܗ | younger | νεώτερος | younger | |||||
αυτωνP75 | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | — | ex | of them | ܙܥܘܪܐ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | |||||
τωP75 | to the | τῷ | to the | τω | | | eorum | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | |||||
πατριP75 | father; | πατρί· | father; | πατρι | | | — | illis | father; | ܐܒܝ | father; | πατρί | father; | |||||
πατερP75 | Father, | πάτερ, | Father, | πατερ | | | patri | patri | Father, | ܗܒ | Father, | Πάτερ | Father, | |||||
δοσP75 | do give | δός | do give | δος | | | pater | Pater | do give | ܠܝ | do give | δός | do give | |||||
μοιP75 | to me | μοι | to me | μοι | | | da | da | to me | ܦܠܓܘܬܐ | to me | μοι | to me | |||||
τοP75 | what | τὸ | what | το | | | substantiae | — | — | — | — | τὸ | what | |||||
επιβαλλονP75 | is due to me | ἐπιβάλλον | is due to me | επιβαλλον | | | mihi | mihi | is due to me | ܕܡܛܝܐ | is due to me | ἐπιβάλλον | is due to me | |||||
μεροσP75 | portion | μέρος | portion | μερος | | | tanget | portionem | portion | ܠܝ | portion | μέρος | portion | |||||
τησP75 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
ουσιασP75 | property. | οὐσίας. | property. | ουσιας | | | substantiam | substantiæ | property. | ܡܢ | property. | οὐσίας | property. | |||||
διειλενP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | partem | — | — | — | — | Καὶ | <the> | |||||
αυτοισP75 | then | δὲ | then | — | | | quod | quæ | then | ܕܝܢ | but | διεῖλεν | then | |||||
τονP75 | he divided | διεῖλεν | he divided | διειλεν | | | me | me | he divided | ܘܦܠܓ | he divided | αὐτοῖς | he divided | |||||
βιονP75 | between them | αὐτοῖς | between them | αυτοις | | | — | contingit | between them | ܠܗܘܢ | between them | τὸν | between them | |||||
τὸνP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | eis | — | — | — | — | βίον | the | |||||
βίον.P75 | property. | βίον. | property. | βιον | | | et | Et | property. | ܩܢܝܢܗ | property. | βίον. | property. | |||||
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