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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | Then | — | | | et | et | Then | ܠܡܢܐ | Then | καὶ | Then | ||||||
| — | διὰ | because of | δια | | | quare | quare | because of | ܠܐ | because of | διὰ | because of | ||||||
| — | τί | why | τι | | | non | non | why | — | — | τί | why | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | dedisti | dedisti | not | ܝܗܒܬ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἔδωκάς | did you give | εδωκας | | | pecuniam | pecuniam | did you give | ܟܤܦܝ | did you give | ἔδωκας | did you give | ||||||
| — | μου | my | — | | | meam | meam | my | ܥܠ | my | τὸ | my | ||||||
| — | τὸ | <the> | το | | | ergo | — | — | — | — | ἀργύριόν | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀργύριον | money | αργυριον | | | — | ad | money | ܦܬܘܪܐ | money | μου | money | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | to | επι | | | mensam | mensam | to | — | — | ἐπὶ | to | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τράπεζαν | the | ||||||
| — | τράπεζαν, | bank, | τραπεζαν | | | super | ut | bank, | ܘܐܢܐ | bank, | καὶ | bank, | ||||||
| — | κἀγὼ | and I myself | καγω | | | ego | ego | and I myself | ܐܬܐ | and I myself | ἐγὼ | and I myself | ||||||
| — | ἐλθὼν | having come | ελθων | | | ueniens | veniens | having come | ܗܘܝܬ | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | ||||||
| — | σὺν | with | συν | | | cum | cum | with | ܬܒܥ | with | σὺν | with | ||||||
| — | τόκῳ | interest | τοκω | | | usura | usuris | interest | — | — | τόκῳ | interest | ||||||
| — | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | — | utique | maybe | ܠܗ | maybe | ἂν | maybe | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸ | it | — | | | exigebam | exegissem | it | ܥܡ | it | ἔπραξα | it | ||||||
| — | ἔπραξα; | collected | επραξα | | | illud | illam | collected | ܪܒܝܬܗ | collected | αὐτό | collected | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||