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 | ||||||||||||
οP4 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | illis | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP4 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | ille | ille | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπενP4 | he said | εἶπεν | he said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | he said | ܐܡܪ | he said | εἶπεν | he said | |||||
προσP4 | to | πρὸς | to | — | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܗܘܢ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτουσP4 | them; | αὐτούς· | them; | — | | | exigatis | eos | them; | ܠܐ | them; | αὐτούς | them; | |||||
μηδενP4 | Nothing | μηδὲν | Nothing | μηδεν | | | nihil | Nihil | Nothing | ܬܬܒܥܘܢ | Nothing | Μηδὲν | Nothing | |||||
πλεονP4 | more | πλέον | more | πλεον | | | amplius | amplius | more | ܡܕܡ | more | πλέον | more | |||||
παραP4 | beyond | παρὰ | beyond | παρα | | | aduersus | quam | beyond | ܝܬܝܪ | beyond | παρὰ | beyond | |||||
τοP4 | that | τὸ | that | το | | | quod | — | — | — | — | τὸ | that | |||||
διατεταγμενοP4 | appointed | διατεταγμένον | appointed | διατεταγμενον | | | — | constitutum | appointed | ܡܐ | appointed | διατεταγμένον | appointed | |||||
υμινP4 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | est | est | to you | ܕܦܩܝܕ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
πρασσετεP4 | do collect. | πράσσετε. | do collect. | — | | | uobis | vobis | do collect. | ܠܟܘܢ | do collect. | πράσσετε | do collect. | |||||
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