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 | ||||||||||||
οP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | dixit | Dixit | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπενP75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | ille | autem | He said | ܕܝܢ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
αυτοισP75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | — | eis | to them; | ܝܫܘܥ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
οιP75 | The | οἱ | The | οι | | | illis | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | The | |||||
βασιλεισP75 | kings | βασιλεῖς | kings | βασιλεις | | | reges | Reges | kings | ܐܡܪ | kings | βασιλεῖς | kings | |||||
τωνP75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | uocantur | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
εθνωνP75 | Gentiles | ἐθνῶν | Gentiles | εθνων | | | gentium | gentium | Gentiles | ܠܗܘܢ | Gentiles | ἐθνῶν | Gentiles | |||||
κυριευουσινP75 | rule over | κυριεύουσιν | rule over | κυριευουσιν | | | dominantur | dominantur | rule over | ܡܠܟܝܗܘܢ | rule over | κυριεύουσιν | rule over | |||||
αυτωνP75 | them, | αὐτῶν, | them, | αυτων | | | eorum | eorum | them, | ܕܥܡܡܐ | them, | αὐτῶν | them, | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܡܪܝܗܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οιP75 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | eorum | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
εξουσιαζοντεσP75 | exercising authority over | ἐξουσιάζοντες | exercising authority over | εξουσιαζοντες | | | qui | qui | exercising authority over | ܐܢܘܢ | exercising authority over | ἐξουσιάζοντες | exercising authority over | |||||
αυτωνP75 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | potestatem | potestatem | them | ܘܕܫܠܝܛܝܢ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
ευεργεταιP75 | benefactors | εὐεργέται | benefactors | ευεργεται | | | habent | habent | benefactors | ܥܠܝܗܘܢ | benefactors | εὐεργέται | benefactors | |||||
καλουνταιP75 | are called. | καλοῦνται. | are called. | καλουνται | | | ueniuoli | super | are called. | ܥܒܕܝ | are called. | καλοῦνται | are called. | |||||
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