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 | Convocatis | And | ܘܩܪܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
προσκαλεσαμενοσP75 | having called to him | προσκαλεσάμενος | having called to him | προσκαλεσαμενος | | | — | itaque | having called to him | ܚܕ | having called to him | προσκαλεσάμενος | having called to him | |||||
εναP75 | one | ἕνα | one | ενα | | | — | singulis | one | ܚܕ | one | ἕνα | one | |||||
εκαστονP75 | each | ἕκαστον | each | εκαστον | | | debitorum | debitoribus | each | ܡܢ | each | ἕκαστον | each | |||||
τωνP75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | aduocans | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
χρεοφειλετωνP75 | debtors | χρεοφειλετῶν | debtors | χρεοφιλετων | | | domini | domini | debtors | ܚܝܒܐ | debtors | χρεωφειλετῶν | debtors | |||||
τουP75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
κυP75 | master | κυρίου | master | κυριου | | | sui | sui | master | ܕܡܪܗ | master | κυρίου | master | |||||
εαυτουP75 | his own | ἑαυτοῦ | his own | — | | | unumquemque | — | — | — | — | ἑαυτοῦ | his own | |||||
ελεγενP75 | he was saying | ἔλεγεν | he was saying | ελεγεν | | | dicebat | dicebat | he was saying | ܘܐܡܪ | he was saying | ἔλεγεν | he was saying | |||||
τωP75 | to the | τῷ | to the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | |||||
πρωτωP75 | first; | πρώτῳ· | first; | πρωτω | | | primo | primo | first; | ܠܩܕܡܝܐ | first; | πρώτῳ | first; | |||||
ποσονP75 | How much | πόσον | How much | ποσον | | | quantum | Quantum | How much | ܟܡܐ | How much | Πόσον | How much | |||||
οφειλεισP75 | owe you | ὀφείλεις | owe you | οφειλεις | | | debes | debes | owe you | ܚܝܒ | owe you | ὀφείλεις | owe you | |||||
τωP75 | to the | τῷ | to the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | |||||
κωP75 | master | κυρίῳ | master | κω | | | dmo | domino | master | ܐܢܬ | master | κυρίῳ | master | |||||
μουP75 | of me? | μου; | of me? | μου | | | meo | meo | of me? | ܠܡܪܝ | of me? | μου | of me? | |||||
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