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 | ||||||||||||
οP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | — | At | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
ειπενP75 | he said; | εἶπεν· | he said; | ειπεν | | | ille | ille | he said; | ܠܗ | he said; | εἶπεν | he said; | |||||
εκατονP75 | A hundred | ἑκατὸν | A hundred | εκατον | | | dixit | dixit | A hundred | ܡܐܐ | A hundred | Ἑκατὸν | A hundred | |||||
βατουσP75 | baths | βάτους | baths | — | | | centum | Centum | baths | ܡܬܪܝܢ | baths | βάτους | baths | |||||
ελαιουP75 | of oil. | ἐλαίου. | of oil. | ελαιου | | | siclos | cados | of oil. | — | — | ἐλαίου | of oil. | |||||
οP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Καὶ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | — | | | olei | olei | then | ܕܝܢ | but | εἶπεν | then | |||||
ειπενP75 | he said | εἶπεν | he said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Dixitque | he said | ܐܡܪ | he said | αὐτῷ | he said | |||||
αυτωP75 | to him; | αὐτῷ· | to him; | αυτω | | | illi | illi | to him; | ܠܗ | to him; | Δέξαι | to him; | |||||
δεξαιP75 | do take | δέξαι | do take | δεξαι | | | accipe | Accipe | do take | ܤܒ | do take | σου | do take | |||||
σουP75 | your | σου | your | σου | | | — | cautionem | your | ܟܬܒܟ | your | τὸ | your | |||||
ταP75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | autem | — | — | — | — | γράμμα | the | |||||
γραμματαP75 | bills | γράμματα | bills | γραμματα | | | tuas | tuam | bills | ܘܬܒ | bills | καὶ | bills | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καθίσας | and | |||||
καθισασP75 | having sat down | καθίσας | having sat down | — | | | — | sede | having sat down | ܒܥܓܠ | having sat down | ταχέως | having sat down | |||||
γραψονP75 | soon | ταχέως | soon | — | | | litteras | cito | soon | ܟܬܘܒ | soon | γράψον | soon | |||||
ταχεωσP75 | do write | γράψον | do write | γραψον | | | scribe | scribe | do write | ܚܡܫܝܢ | do write | πεντήκοντα | do write | |||||
πεντηκονταP75 | fifty. | πεντήκοντα. | fifty. | πεντηκοντα | | | quinquaginta | quinquaginta | fifty. | ܡܬܪܝܢ | fifty. | πεντήκοντα. | fifty. | |||||
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