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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | He spoke | εἶπεν | He spoke | — | | | dicebant | Dicebat | He spoke | ܘܐܡܪ | He spoke | Εἶπεν | He spoke | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
παραβοληνP45 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | illis | illis | also | ܠܗܘܢ | also | παραβολὴν | also | |||||
αυτοισP45 · P75 | a parable | παραβολὴν | a parable | παραβολην | | | et | et | a parable | — | — | αὐτοῖς | a parable | |||||
μητιP45 · P75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | parabolam | similitudinem | to them; | ܡܬܠܐ | to them; | Μήτι | to them; | |||||
δυναταιP45 · P75 | surely not ever | μήτι | surely not ever | μητι | | | numquid | Numquid | surely not ever | ܠܡܐ | surely not ever | δύναται | surely not ever | |||||
τυφλοσP45 · P75 | is able | δύναται | is able | δυναται | | | potest | potest | is able | ܡܫܟܚ | is able | τυφλὸς | is able | |||||
τυφλονP45 · P75 | a blind man | τυφλὸς | a blind man | τυφλος | | | caecus | cæcus | a blind man | ܤܡܝܐ | a blind man | τυφλὸν | a blind man | |||||
οδηγεινP45 · P75 | a blind man | τυφλὸν | a blind man | τυφλον | | | caecum | cæcum | a blind man | ܠܤܡܝܐ | a blind man | ὁδηγεῖν | a blind man | |||||
ουχιP45 · P75 | to lead? | ὁδηγεῖν; | to lead? | — | | | ducere | ducere | to lead? | ܠܡܕܒܪܘ | to lead? | Οὐχὶ | to lead? | |||||
αμφοτεροιP45 · P75 | Surely | οὐχὶ | Surely | ουχι | | | nonne | nonne | Surely | — | — | ἀμφότεροι | Surely | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | both | ἀμφότεροι | both | αμφοτεροι | | | ambo | ambo | both | ܠܐ | both | εἰς | both | |||||
βοθυνονP45 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܬܪܝܗܘܢ | into | βόθυνον | into | |||||
εμπεσουνταιP45 · P75 | a pit | βόθυνον | a pit | βοθυνον | | | fobeam | foveam | a pit | ܒܓܘܡܨܐ | a pit | πεσοῦνται | a pit | |||||
ἐμπεσοῦνται;¶P45 · P75 | will fall in? | ἐμπεσοῦνται;¶ | will fall in? | — | | | incident | cadunt | will fall in? | ܢܦܠܝܢ | will fall in? | ἐμπεσοῦνται;¶ | will fall in? | |||||
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