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 | ||||||||||||
ανθρωποσP75 | A man | Ἄνθρωπος | A man | — | | | homo | Homo | A man | ܓܒܪܐ | A man | Ἄνθρωπος | A man | |||||
δεP75 | now | δέ | now | δε | | | quidam | quidam | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | now | |||||
τισP75 | certain | τις | certain | — | | | erat | erat | certain | ܚܕ | certain | τις | certain | |||||
ηνP75 | there was | ἦν | there was | — | | | diues | dives | there was | ܥܬܝܪܐ | there was | ἦν | there was | |||||
πλουσιοσP75 | rich | πλούσιος | rich | — | | | aepulans | qui | rich | ܐܝܬ | rich | πλούσιος | rich | |||||
ονοματιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | induebatur | induebatur | and | ܗܘܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
νευησP75 | he was clothed in | ἐνεδιδύσκετο | he was clothed in | — | | | — | — | — | ܘܠܒܫ | he was clothed in | ἐνεδιδύσκετο | he was clothed in | |||||
καιP75 | purple | πορφύραν | purple | — | | | purpuram | purpura | purple | ܗܘܐ | purple | πορφύραν | purple | |||||
ενεδιδυσκετοP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܒܘܨܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
πορφυρανP75 | fine linen | βύσσον | fine linen | βυσσον | | | byssum | bysso | fine linen | ܘܐܪܓܘܢܐ | fine linen | βύσσον | fine linen | |||||
καιP75 | making good cheer | εὐφραινόμενος | making good cheer | ευφραινομενος | | | et | et | making good cheer | ܘܟܠܝܘܡ | making good cheer | εὐφραινόμενος | making good cheer | |||||
βυσσονP75 | every | καθ᾽ | every | καθ | | | — | epulabatur | every | ܡܬܒܤܡܝܢ | every | καθ’ | every | |||||
ευφραινομενοσP75 | day | ἡμέραν | day | ημεραν | | | cottidie | quotidie | day | ܗܘܐ | day | ἡμέραν | day | |||||
καθP75 | in splendor. | λαμπρῶς. | in splendor. | λαμπρως | | | splendede | splendide | in splendor. | ܓܐܝܐܝܬ | in splendor. | λαμπρῶς | in splendor. | |||||
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