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 | ||||||||||||
οιP75 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | autem | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | illi | illi | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπανP75 | they said; | εἶπαν· | they said; | ειπαν | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | they said; | ܐܡܪܝܢ | they said; | εἶπον | they said; | |||||
κεP75 | Lord, | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | dme | Domine | Lord, | ܠܗ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||
ιδουP75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
μαχαιραιP75 | swords | μάχαιραι | swords | — | | | duo | duo | swords | ܗܐ | swords | μάχαιραι | swords | |||||
ωδεP75 | here are | ὧδε | here are | — | | | — | gladii | here are | ܗܪܟܐ | here are | ὧδε | here are | |||||
δυοP75 | two. | δύο. | two. | δυο | | | machaerae | hic | two. | ܐܝܬ | two. | δύο | two. | |||||
οP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ad | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | ille | ille | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπενP75 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | He said | ܤܝܦܝܢ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
αυτοισP75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | — | eis | to them; | ܐܡܪ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
ικανονP75 | Enough | ἱκανόν | Enough | — | | | illis | Satis | Enough | ܠܗܘܢ | Enough | Ἱκανόν | Enough | |||||
εστινP75 | it is. | ἐστιν.¶ | it is. | — | | | sufficit | est | it is. | ܤܦܩܝܢ | it is. | ἐστιν | it is. | |||||
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