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 | ||||||||||||
ουP75 | No | οὐ | No | — | | | non | Non | No | ܠܐ | No | Οὐ | No | |||||
γαρP75 | for | γάρ | for | — | | | est | est | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | |||||
εστινP75 | there is | ἐστιν | there is | εστιν | | | — | enim | there is | ܐܝܠܢܐ | there is | ἐστιν | there is | |||||
δενδρονP75 | tree | δένδρον | tree | δενδρον | | | arbor | arbor | tree | ܛܒܐ | tree | δένδρον | tree | |||||
καλονP75 | good | καλὸν | good | καλον | | | bona | bona | good | ܕܥܒܕ | good | καλὸν | good | |||||
ποιουνP75 | producing | ποιοῦν | producing | ποιουν | | | — | quæ | producing | ܦܐܪܐ | producing | ποιοῦν | producing | |||||
καρπονP75 | fruit | καρπὸν | fruit | — | | | faciens | facit | fruit | ܒܝܫܐ | fruit | καρπὸν | fruit | |||||
σαπρονP75 | bad; | σαπρόν· | bad; | — | | | fructos | fructus | bad; | — | — | σαπρόν | bad; | |||||
ουδεP75 | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | ουδε | | | malos | malos | nor | ܐܦ | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | |||||
παλινP75 | again is there | πάλιν | again is there | — | | | neque | neque | again is there | ܠܐ | again is there | δένδρον | again is there | |||||
δενδρονP75 | a tree | δένδρον | a tree | δενδρον | | | arbor | arbor | a tree | ܐܝܠܢܐ | a tree | σαπρὸν | a tree | |||||
σαπρονP75 | bad | σαπρὸν | bad | σαπρον | | | mala | mala | bad | ܒܝܫܐ | bad | ποιοῦν | bad | |||||
ποιουνP75 | producing | ποιοῦν | producing | ποιουν | | | faciens | faciens | producing | ܕܥܒܕ | producing | καρπὸν | producing | |||||
καρπονP75 | fruit | καρπὸν | fruit | — | | | fructos | fructum | fruit | ܦܐܪܐ | fruit | καλόν | fruit | |||||
καλονP75 | good; | καλόν· | good; | — | | | bonos | bonum | good; | ܛܒܐ | good; | καλόν· | good; | |||||
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