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 | ||||||||||||
λεγωνP75 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | — | | | dm | dicens | saying; | ܕܝܢܐ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||
κριτησP75 | A judge | κριτής | A judge | κριτης | | | iudex | Judex | A judge | ܚܕ | A judge | Κριτής | A judge | |||||
τισP75 | certain | τις | certain | τις | | | quidam | quidam | certain | ܐܝܬ | certain | τις | certain | |||||
ηνP75 | there was | ἦν | there was | ην | | | erat | erat | there was | ܗܘܐ | there was | ἦν | there was | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἔν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܡܕܝܢܬܐ | in | ἔν | in | |||||
τινιP75 | a certain | τινι | a certain | — | | | — | quadam | a certain | ܚܕܐ | a certain | τινι | a certain | |||||
πολειP75 | city | πόλει | city | πολει | | | ciuitate | civitate | city | ܕܡܢ | city | πόλει | city | |||||
τονP75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
θνP75 | God | θεὸν | God | θν | | | — | Deum | God | ܠܐ | God | θεὸν | God | |||||
μηP75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܕܚܠ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
φοβουμενοσP75 | fearing | φοβούμενος | fearing | φοβουμενος | | | timens | timebat | fearing | ܗܘܐ | fearing | φοβούμενος | fearing | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ανονP75 | man | ἄνθρωπον | man | ανθρωπον | | | hominem | hominem | man | ܒܢܝܢܫܐ | man | ἄνθρωπον | man | |||||
μηP75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
εντρεπομενοσP75 | respecting. | ἐντρεπόμενος. | respecting. | εντρεπομενος | | | reuerens | reverebatur | respecting. | ܡܬܟܚܕ | respecting. | ἐντρεπόμενος | respecting. | |||||
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