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 | ||||||||||||
πτωχοσP75 | A poor man | πτωχὸς | A poor man | πτωχος | | | pauper | Et | A poor man | ܘܡܤܟܢܐ | A poor man | Πτωχὸς | A poor man | |||||
δεP75 | now | δέ | now | δε | | | erat | erat | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | now | |||||
τισP75 | certain | τις | certain | τις | | | quidam | quidam | certain | ܐܝܬ | certain | τις | certain | |||||
ονοματιP75 | was | ἦν | was | — | | | — | mendicus | was | ܗܘܐ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
λαζαροσP75 | named | ὀνόματι | named | ονοματι | | | nomine | nomine | named | ܕܫܡܗ | named | ὀνόματι | named | |||||
εβεβλητοP75 | Lazarus | Λάζαρος | Lazarus | λαζαρος | | | lazarus | Lazarus | Lazarus | ܠܥܙܪ | Lazarus | Λάζαρος | Lazarus | |||||
προσP75 | who | ὃς | who | — | | | autem | qui | who | ܘܪܡܐ | who | ὃς | who | |||||
τονP75 | had been laid | ἐβέβλητο | had been laid | εβεβλητο | | | missus | jacebat | had been laid | ܗܘܐ | had been laid | ἐβέβλητο | had been laid | |||||
πυλωναP75 | at | πρὸς | at | προς | | | ad | ad | at | ܠܘܬ | at | πρὸς | at | |||||
αυτουP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | ianuam | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
ειλκωμενοσP75 | gate | πυλῶνα | gate | πυλωνα | | | eius | ejus | gate | ܕܗܘ | gate | πυλῶνα | gate | |||||
αὐτοῦP75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | ulceribus | ulceribus | of him | ܥܬܝܪܐ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
εἱλκωμένοςP75 | full of sores | εἱλκωμένος | full of sores | ειλκωμενος | | | plenus | plenus | full of sores | ܟܕ | full of sores | ἡλκωμένος | full of sores | |||||
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