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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | and | ܘܥܒܕ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐποίησεν | made | εποιησεν | | | fecit | fecit | made/did | ܠܗ | made | ἐποίησεν | made | ||||||
| — | δοχὴν | a banquet | — | | | cena | ei | to him | — | — | δοχὴν | a banquet | ||||||
| — | μεγάλην | great | — | | | — | convivium | ? | ܠܘܝ | great | μεγάλην | great | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Λευῒς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Λευὶς | Levi | λευει | | | magna | magnum | ? | ܒܒܝܬܗ | Levi | αὐτῷ | Levi | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | for Him | αυτω | | | leui | Levi | ? | — | — | ἐν | for Him | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܩܘܒܠܐ | in | τῇ | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | milli | domo | ? | — | — | οἰκίᾳ | the | ||||||
| — | οἰκίᾳ | house | οικεια | | | domo | sua | ? | ܪܒܐ | house | αὐτοῦ | house | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | αυτου | | | sua | et | and | — | — | καὶ | of him, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | erat | was | ܘܐܝܬ | and | ἦν | and | ||||||
| — | ἦν | there was | ην | | | erat | turba | ? | ܗܘܐ | there was | ὄχλος | there was | ||||||
| — | ὄχλος | a multitude | οχλος | | | turba | multa | ? | ܟܢܫܐ | a multitude | τελωνῶν | a multitude | ||||||
| — | πολὺς | great | πολυς | | | multa | publicanorum | ? | — | — | πολύς | great | ||||||
| — | τελωνῶν | of tax collectors | τελωνων | | | publicanorum | et | and | ܤܓܝܐܐ | of tax collectors | καὶ | of tax collectors | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | aliorum | ? | ܕܡܟܤܐ | and | ἄλλων | and | ||||||
| — | ἄλλων | others | αλλων | | | aliorum | qui | who/which | — | — | οἳ | others | ||||||
| — | οἳ | who | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἦσαν | who | ||||||
| — | ἦσαν | were | — | | | at | cum | when/with | ܕܤܡܝܟܝܢ | were | μετ’ | were | ||||||
| — | μετ᾽ | with | — | | | — | illis | to them | — | — | αὐτῶν | with | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | them | — | | | — | erant | were | ܗܘܘ | them | κατακείμενοι | them | ||||||
| — | κατακείμενοι. | reclining. | — | | | recumbentium | discumbentes | ? | ܥܡܗܘܢ | reclining. | κατακείμενοι. | reclining. | ||||||
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