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 | ||||||||||||
χηραP75 | A widow | χήρα | A widow | χηρα | | | uidua | Vidua | A widow | ܐܪܡܠܬܐ | A widow | χήρα | A widow | |||||
δεP75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
ηνP75 | there was | ἦν | there was | ην | | | ab | quædam | there was | ܚܕܐ | there was | ἦν | there was | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | erat | erat | in | ܐܝܬ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τηP75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | me | meo | the | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
πολειP75 | city | πόλει | city | πολει | | | in | in | city | ܗܘܬ | city | πόλει | city | |||||
εκεινηP75 | that | ἐκείνῃ | that | εκεινη | | | ciuitate | civitate | that | ܒܡܕܝܢܬܐ | that | ἐκείνῃ | that | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | illa | illa | and | ܗܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηρχετοP75 | she was coming | ἤρχετο | she was coming | ηρχετο | | | et | et | she was coming | — | — | ἤρχετο | she was coming | |||||
προσP75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ueniebat | veniebat | to | ܘܐܬܝܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτονP75 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | ad | ad | him | ܗܘܬ | him | αὐτόν | him | |||||
λεγουσαP75 | saying; | λέγουσα· | saying; | λεγουσα | | | eum | eum | saying; | ܠܘܬܗ | saying; | λέγουσα | saying; | |||||
εκδικησονP75 | do avenge | ἐκδίκησόν | do avenge | εκδικησον | | | dicens | dicens | do avenge | ܘܐܡܪܐ | do avenge | Ἐκδίκησόν | do avenge | |||||
μεP75 | me | με | me | με | | | — | Vindica | me | ܬܒܥܝܢܝ | me | με | me | |||||
αποP75 | of | ἀπὸ | of | απο | | | meo | me | of | ܡܢ | of | ἀπὸ | of | |||||
τουP75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
αντιδικουP75 | adversary | ἀντιδίκου | adversary | αντιδικου | | | deuindica | de | adversary | ܒܥܠ | adversary | ἀντιδίκου | adversary | |||||
μουP75 | of mine. | μου. | of mine. | μου | | | abuersario | adversario | of mine. | ܕܝܢܝ | of mine. | μου | of mine. | |||||
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