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 | ||||||||||||
εκαστονP75 | Each | ἕκαστον | Each | εκαστον | | | unaquaeque | Unaquæque | Each | ܟܠ | Each | Ἕκαστον | Each | |||||
γαρP75 | for | γὰρ | for | — | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
δενδρονP75 | tree | δένδρον | tree | δενδρον | | | arbor | arbor | tree | ܓܝܪ | tree | δένδρον | tree | |||||
εκP75 | by | ἐκ | by | εκ | | | de | de | by | ܡܢ | by | ἐκ | by | |||||
τουP75 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | non | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
ιδιουP75 | own | ἰδίου | own | — | | | fructo | fructu | own | ܗܘ | own | ἰδίου | own | |||||
καρπουP75 | fruit | καρποῦ | fruit | καρπου | | | suo | suo | fruit | ܡܬܝܕܥ | fruit | καρποῦ | fruit | |||||
γεινωσκετεP75 | is known. | γινώσκεται. | is known. | γεινωσκεται | | | cognoscitur | cognoscitur | is known. | ܠܐ | is known. | γινώσκεται | is known. | |||||
ουP75 | Not | οὐ | Not | ου | | | neque | Neque | Not | ܓܝܪ | Not | Οὐ | Not | |||||
γαρP75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | — | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
εξP75 | from | ἐξ | from | εξ | | | de | de | from | ܡܢ | from | ἐξ | from | |||||
ακανθωνP75 | thorns | ἀκανθῶν | thorns | ακανθων | | | spinis | spinis | thorns | ܟܘܒܐ | thorns | ἀκανθῶν | thorns | |||||
συλλεγουσινP75 | do they gather | συλλέγουσιν | do they gather | — | | | legunt | colligunt | do they gather | ܬܐܢܐ | do they gather | συλλέγουσιν | do they gather | |||||
συκαP75 | figs | σῦκα | figs | συκα | | | ficus | ficus | figs | ܐܦ | figs | σῦκα | figs | |||||
ουδεP75 | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | ουδε | | | — | neque | nor | ܠܐ | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | |||||
εκP75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | de | de | from | ܡܢ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
βατουP75 | a bramble bush | βάτου | a bramble bush | βατου | | | rubo | rubo | a bramble bush | ܤܢܝܐ | a bramble bush | βάτου | a bramble bush | |||||
σταφυληνP75 | grapes | σταφυλὴν | grapes | σταφυλην | | | uindemiant | vindemiant | grapes | ܩܛܦܝܢ | grapes | τρυγῶσιν | grapes | |||||
τρυγωσινP75 | gather they. | τρυγῶσιν.¶ | gather they. | τρυγωσιν | | | ubam | uvam | gather they. | ܥܢܒܐ | gather they. | σταφυλήν | gather they. | |||||
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