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 | ||||||||||||
ελεγενP75 | He was speaking | Ἔλεγεν | He was speaking | — | | | dicebat | Dicebat | He was speaking | ܐܡܪ | He was speaking | Ἔλεγεν | He was speaking | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | — | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
παραβοληνP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܕܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αυτοισP75 | a parable | παραβολὴν | a parable | — | | | parauolam | parabolam | a parable | — | — | παραβολὴν | a parable | |||||
προσP75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | — | ad | to them | ܐܦ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
τοP75 | about | πρὸς | about | προς | | | illis | illos | about | ܡܬܠܐ | about | πρὸς | about | |||||
δεινP75 | it | τὸ | it | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | it | |||||
παντοτεP75 | needing | δεῖν | needing | δειν | | | quod | quoniam | needing | ܕܒܟܠ | needing | δεῖν | needing | |||||
προσευχεσθαιP75 | always | πάντοτε | always | παντοτε | | | oportet | oportet | always | ܥܕܢ | always | πάντοτε | always | |||||
αυτουσP75 | to pray | προσεύχεσθαι | to pray | προσευχεσθαι | | | semper | semper | to pray | ܢܨܠܘܢ | to pray | προσεύχεσθαι | to pray | |||||
καιP75 | they | αὐτοὺς | they | — | | | orare | orare | they | — | — | καὶ | they | |||||
μηP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܐ | and | μὴ | and | |||||
εγκακεινP75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܬܡܐܢ | not | ἐκκακεῖν | not | |||||
ἐγκακεῖνP75 | to lose heart | ἐγκακεῖν | to lose heart | — | | | deficere | deficere | to lose heart | ܠܗܘܢ | to lose heart | ἐκκακεῖν | to lose heart | |||||
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