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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP75 | He said | Εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Et | He said | ܐܡܪ | He said | Εἶπεν | He said | |||||
ουνP75 | then; | δέ· | then; | δε | | | — | ait | then; | ܠܗ | then; | δέ | then; | |||||
ερωτωP75 | I implore | ἐρωτῶ | I implore | ερωτω | | | rogo | Rogo | I implore | — | — | Ἐρωτῶ | I implore | |||||
ουνP75 | you | σε | you | σε | | | ergo | ergo | you | ܡܕܝܢ | you | οὖν | you | |||||
σεP75 | then | οὖν, | then | ουν | | | te | te | then | ܒܥܐ | then | σε | then | |||||
πατερP75 | father, | πάτερ, | father, | πατερ | | | pater | pater | father, | ܐܢܐ | father, | πάτερ | father, | |||||
ιναP75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | |||||
πεμψησP75 | you may send | πέμψῃς | you may send | πεμψης | | | mittas | mittas | you may send | ܡܢܟ | you may send | πέμψῃς | you may send | |||||
αυτονP75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | him | ܐܒܝ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
εισP75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܕܬܫܕܪܝܘܗܝ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
οικονP75 | house | οἶκον | house | οικον | | | domum | domum | house | — | — | οἶκον | house | |||||
τουP75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | abraam | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
πατροσP75 | father | πατρός | father | πατρος | | | patris | patris | father | ܠܒܝܬ | father | πατρός | father | |||||
μουP75 | of mine — | μου· | of mine — | μου | | | mei | mei | of mine — | ܐܒܝ | of mine — | μου | of mine — | |||||
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