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 | ||||||||||||
ανθρωποιP75 | Men | Ἄνθρωποι | Men | — | | | duo | Duo | Men | ܬܪܝܢ | Men | Ἄνθρωποι | Men | |||||
δυοP75 | two | δύο | two | δυο | | | homines | homines | two | ܓܒܪܝܢ | two | δύο | two | |||||
ανεβησανP75 | went up | ἀνέβησαν | went up | ανεβησαν | | | ascenderunt | ascenderunt | went up | — | — | ἀνέβησαν | went up | |||||
εισP75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܤܠܩܘ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τοP75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | publicanus | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
ιερονP75 | temple | ἱερὸν | temple | ϊερον | | | templum | templum | temple | ܠܗܝܟܠܐ | temple | ἱερὸν | temple | |||||
προσευξασθαιP75 | to pray, | προσεύξασθαι, | to pray, | προσευξασθαι | | | unus | ut | to pray, | ܠܡܨܠܝܘ | to pray, | προσεύξασθαι | to pray, | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
εισP75 | one | εἷς | one | εις | | | orare | orarent | one | ܚܕ | one | εἷς | one | |||||
φαρισαιοσP75 | a Pharisee | Φαρισαῖος | a Pharisee | φαρισαιος | | | unus | unus | a Pharisee | — | — | Φαρισαῖος | a Pharisee | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | pharisaeus | pharisæus | and | ܦܪܝܫܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ετεροσP75 | other | ἕτερος | other | — | | | et | et | other | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | other | ἕτερος | other | |||||
τελωνησP75 | a tax collector. | τελώνης. | a tax collector. | — | | | — | alter | a tax collector. | ܡܟܤܐ | a tax collector. | τελώνης | a tax collector. | |||||
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