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 | ||||||||||||
ομοιοσP45 · P75 | Like | ὅμοιός | Like | ομοιος | | | similis | similis | Like | ܕܡܐ | Like | ὅμοιός | Like | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | he is | ἐστιν | he is | εστιν | | | est | est | he is | ܠܓܒܪܐ | he is | ἐστιν | he is | |||||
ανθρωπωιP45 · P75 | to a man | ἀνθρώπῳ | to a man | ανθρωπω | | | homini | homini | to a man | ܕܒܢܐ | to a man | ἀνθρώπῳ | to a man | |||||
οικοδομουντιP45 · P75 | building | οἰκοδομοῦντι | building | οικοδομουντι | | | aedificanti | ædificanti | building | — | — | οἰκοδομοῦντι | building | |||||
οικιανP45 · P75 | a house | οἰκίαν | a house | οικειαν | | | domum | domum | a house | ܒܝܬܐ | a house | οἰκίαν | a house | |||||
οσP45 · P75 | who | ὃς | who | ος | | | qui | qui | who | ܘܚܦܪ | who | ὃς | who | |||||
εσκαψενP45 · P75 | dug | ἔσκαψεν | dug | εσκαψεν | | | fodit | fodit | dug | ܘܥܡܩ | dug | ἔσκαψεν | dug | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | in | and | ܘܤܡ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εβαθυνενP45 · P75 | he deepened | ἐβάθυνεν | he deepened | εβαθυνεν | | | altum | altum | he deepened | ܫܬܐܤܐ | he deepened | ἐβάθυνεν | he deepened | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
εθηκενP45 · P75 | he laid | ἔθηκεν | he laid | εθηκεν | | | posuit | posuit | he laid | ܥܠ | he laid | ἔθηκεν | he laid | |||||
θεμελιονP45 · P75 | a foundation | θεμέλιον | a foundation | θεμελιον | | | fundamentum | fundamentum | a foundation | ܫܘܥܐ | a foundation | θεμέλιον | a foundation | |||||
επιP45 · P75 | on | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | super | super | on | ܟܕ | on | ἐπὶ | on | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | fecit | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
πετρανP45 · P75 | rock. | πέτραν. | rock. | πετραν | | | petram | petram | rock. | ܗܘܐ | rock. | πέτραν | rock. | |||||
πλημμυρησP45 · P75 | when a flood | πλημμύρης | when a flood | — | | | inundatione | inundatione | when a flood | ܕܝܢ | when a flood | πλημμύρας | when a flood | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
γενομενησP45 · P75 | having come | γενομένης | having come | γενομενης | | | facta | facta | having come | ܡܠܐܐ | having come | γενομένης | having come | |||||
προσερηξενP45 · P75 | burst upon | προσέρηξεν | burst upon | προσερηξεν | | | illi | illisum | burst upon | ܐܬܛܪܝ | burst upon | προσέρρηξεν | burst upon | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ποταμοσP45 · P75 | stream | ποταμὸς | stream | ποταμος | | | — | est | stream | ܡܠܐܐ | stream | ποταμὸς | stream | |||||
τηιP45 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | adlisit | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
οικιαP45 · P75 | house | οἰκίᾳ | house | οικεια | | | flumen | flumen | house | ܒܒܝܬܐ | house | οἰκίᾳ | house | |||||
εκεινηιP45 · P75 | that, | ἐκείνῃ, | that, | — | | | domui | domui | that, | ܗܘ | that, | ἐκείνῃ | that, | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | illam | illi | and | ܘܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ουκP45 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | et | et | not | — | — | οὐκ | not | |||||
ισχυσενP45 · P75 | was able | ἴσχυσεν | was able | ισχυσεν | | | non | non | was able | ܐܫܟܚ | was able | ἴσχυσεν | was able | |||||
σαλευσαιP45 · P75 | to shake | σαλεῦσαι | to shake | σαλευσαι | | | potuit | potuit | to shake | ܕܢܙܝܥܝܘܗܝ | to shake | σαλεῦσαι | to shake | |||||
αυτηνP45 · P75 | it | αὐτὴν | it | αυτην | | | — | eam | it | ܤܝܡܐ | it | αὐτήν | it | |||||
διὰP45 · P75 | because | διὰ | because | — | | | et | movere | because | ܗܘܬ | because | τεθεμελίωτο | because | |||||
τὸP45 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | γὰρ | <the> | |||||
καλῶςP45 · P75 | well | καλῶς | well | — | | | funD 2 secundum | fundata | well | ܓܝܪ | well | ἐπὶ | well | |||||
οἰκοδομῆσθαιP45 · P75 | to have been built | οἰκοδομῆσθαι | to have been built | — | | | enim | enim | to have been built | — | — | τὴν | to have been built | |||||
αὐτήνP45 · P75 | it | αὐτήν | it | — | | | erat | erat | it | ܫܬܐܤܬܗ | it | πέτραν | it | |||||
ἐπὶP45 · P75 | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | super | super | upon | ܥܠ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | |||||
τὴνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | mobere | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
πέτραν.¶P45 · P75 | rock. | πέτραν.¶ | rock. | πετραν | | | petram | petram | rock. | ܫܘܥܐ | rock. | πέτραν.¶ | rock. | |||||
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