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 | ||||||||||||
ηλθονP4 | Came | ἦλθον | Came | ηλθον | | | uenerunt | Venerunt | Came | ܘܐܬܘ | Came | Ἦλθον | Came | |||||
δεP4 | then | δὲ | then | — | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
καιP4 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | — | — | καὶ | also | |||||
τελωναιP4 | tax collectors | τελῶναι | tax collectors | τελωναι | | | publicani | publicani | tax collectors | ܡܟܤܐ | tax collectors | τελῶναι | tax collectors | |||||
βαπτισθηναιP4 | to be baptized | βαπτισθῆναι | to be baptized | βαπτισθηναι | | | ut | ut | to be baptized | ܠܡܥܡܕ | to be baptized | βαπτισθῆναι | to be baptized | |||||
καιP4 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | baptizari | baptizarentur | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ειπονP4 | they said | εἶπαν | they said | ειπαν | | | et | et | they said | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | they said | εἶπον | they said | |||||
προσP4 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | to | ܠܗ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτοP4 | him; | αὐτόν· | him; | αυτον | | | ad | ad | him; | ܡܠܦܢܐ | him; | αὐτόν | him; | |||||
διδασκαλεP4 | Teacher, | διδάσκαλε, | Teacher, | διδασκαλε | | | similiter | illum | Teacher, | — | — | Διδάσκαλε | Teacher, | |||||
τιP4 | what | τί | what | τι | | | magister | Magister | what | ܡܢܐ | what | τί | what | |||||
ποιησωμενP4 | shall we do? | ποιήσωμεν; | shall we do? | ποιησωμεν | | | quid | quid | shall we do? | ܢܥܒܕ | shall we do? | ποιήσομεν | shall we do? | |||||
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