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 | ||||||||||||
σιμωP75 | said | Εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Ait | ? | ܘܐܡܪ | said | Εἶπεν | said | |||||
σιμωνP75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ιδουP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | triticum | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
οP75 | Lord: | κύριος· | Lord: | — | | | — | Dominus | Lord | ܠܫܡܥܘܢ | Lord: | κύριος | Lord: | |||||
σατανασP75 | Simon | Σίμων | Simon | σιμων | | | simon | Simon | ? | — | — | Σίμων | Simon | |||||
εξηγησατοP75 | Simon, | Σίμων, | Simon, | σιμων | | | simon | Simon | ? | ܫܡܥܘܢ | Simon, | Σίμων | Simon, | |||||
υμασP75 | Behold | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | Behold | |||||
τουP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
σεινιασαιP75 | Satan | σατανᾶς | Satan | σατανας | | | satanas | Satanas | ? | ܤܛܢܐ | Satan | Σατανᾶς | Satan | |||||
ωσP75 | demanded to have | ἐξῃτήσατο | demanded to have | εξητησατο | | | expetiuit | expetivit | ? | ܫܐܠ | demanded to have | ἐξῃτήσατο | demanded to have | |||||
τονP75 | all of you | ὑμᾶς | all of you | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you (pl) | — | — | ὑμᾶς | all of you | |||||
σιτονP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | dms | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
σινιάσαιP75 | to sift | σινιάσαι | to sift | σινιασαι | | | ut | ut | that/so that | ܕܢܥܪܘܒܟܘܢ | to sift | σινιάσαι | to sift | |||||
ὡςP75 | like | ὡς | like | ως | | | — | cribraret | ? | ܐܝܟ | like | ὡς | like | |||||
τὸνP75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | cerneret | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
σῖτον.P75 | wheat. | σῖτον. | wheat. | σιτον | | | sicut | triticum | ? | ܕܠܚܛܐ | wheat. | σῖτον | wheat. | |||||
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