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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP4 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | — | Quibus | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ισP4 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | autem | ipse | Jesus | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | εἶπεν | Jesus | |||||
ειπενP4 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | — | ait | said | ܐܡܪ | said | πρὸς | said | |||||
προσP4 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | dixit | — | — | — | — | αὐτούς | to | |||||
αυτουσP4 | them; | αὐτούς· | them; | αυτους | | | numquid | Numquid | them; | ܠܗܘܢ | them; | Μὴ | them; | |||||
μηP4 | Not | μὴ | Not | μη | | | — | potestis | Not | ܠܐ | Not | δύνασθε | Not | |||||
δυνασθεP4 | are you able | δύνασθε | are you able | — | | | fili | filios | are you able | ܡܫܟܚܝܢ | are you able | τοὺς | are you able | |||||
τουσP4 | the | τοὺς | the | — | | | ad | — | — | — | — | υἱοὺς | the | |||||
υιουσP4 | sons | υἱοὺς | sons | — | | | sponsi | sponsi | sons | ܐܢܬܘܢ | sons | τοῦ | sons | |||||
τουP4 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | νυμφῶνος | of the | |||||
νυμφωνοσP4 | bridechamber | νυμφῶνος | bridechamber | — | | | eos | — | — | — | — | ἐν | bridechamber | |||||
ενP4 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | — | dum | in | ܠܒܢܘܗܝ | in | ᾧ | in | |||||
ωP4 | which time | ᾧ | which time | — | | | cum | cum | which time | ܕܓܢܘܢܐ | which time | ὁ | which time | |||||
οP4 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | possunt | — | — | — | — | νυμφίος | the | |||||
νυμφιοσP4 | bridegroom | νυμφίος | bridegroom | — | | | — | illis | bridegroom | ܟܡܐ | bridegroom | μετ’ | bridegroom | |||||
μετP4 | with | μετ᾽ | with | — | | | habeant | est | with | ܕܚܬܢܐ | with | αὐτῶν | with | |||||
αυτωνP4 | them | αὐτῶν | them | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐστιν | them | |||||
εστινP4 | is, | ἐστιν, | is, | — | | | sponsum | sponsus | is, | ܥܡܗܘܢ | is, | ποιῆσαι | is, | |||||
ποιησαιP4 | to make | ποιῆσαι | to make | — | | | secum | facere | to make | ܕܬܥܒܕܘܢ | to make | νηστεύειν | to make | |||||
νηστευσαιP4 | to fast? | νηστεῦσαι; | to fast? | — | | | ieiunare | jejunare | to fast? | ܕܢܨܘܡܘܢ | to fast? | νηστεῦσαι; | to fast? | |||||
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