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 | | | leuans | Elevans | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | a | autem | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP75 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
αδηP75 | Hades | ᾅδῃ | Hades | αδη | | | oculos | oculos | Hades | ܡܫܬܢܩ | Hades | ᾍδῃ | Hades | |||||
επαρασP75 | having lifted up | ἐπάρας | having lifted up | επαρας | | | suos | suos | having lifted up | ܒܫܝܘܠ | having lifted up | ἐπάρας | having lifted up | |||||
τουσP75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
οφθαλμουσP75 | eyes | ὀφθαλμοὺς | eyes | οφθαλμους | | | cum | cum | eyes | — | — | ὀφθαλμοὺς | eyes | |||||
αυτουP75 | of him, | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | αυτου | | | esset | esset | of him, | ܐܪܝܡ | of him, | αὐτοῦ | of him, | |||||
υπαρχωνP75 | being | ὑπάρχων | being | ϋπαρχων | | | in | in | being | — | — | ὑπάρχων | being | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | tormentis | tormentis | in | ܥܝܢܘܗܝ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
βασανοισP75 | torment | βασάνοις | torment | βασανοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | βασάνοις | torment | |||||
οραP75 | he sees | ὁρᾷ | he sees | ορα | | | uidet | vidit | he sees | ܡܢ | he sees | ὁρᾷ | he sees | |||||
αβρααμP75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
αποP75 | Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | Abraham | αβρααμ | | | abraham | Abraham | Abraham | ܪܘܚܩܐ | Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | Abraham | |||||
μακροθενP75 | from | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | — | a | from | — | — | ἀπὸ | from | |||||
καιP75 | afar | μακρόθεν | afar | μακροθεν | | | longe | longe | afar | ܘܚܙܐ | afar | μακρόθεν | afar | |||||
λαζαρονP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ενP75 | Lazarus | Λάζαρον | Lazarus | λαζαρον | | | lazarum | Lazarum | Lazarus | ܠܐܒܪܗܡ | Lazarus | Λάζαρον | Lazarus | |||||
τοισP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܘܠܠܥܙܪ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
κολποισP75 | the | τοῖς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | |||||
αυτουP75 | bosom | κόλποις | bosom | — | | | sinus | sinu | bosom | — | — | κόλποις | bosom | |||||
αὐτοῦ.P75 | of him. | αὐτοῦ. | of him. | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of him. | ܒܥܘܒܗ | of him. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | |||||
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