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 | ||||||||||||
καιP4 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ελεγενP4 | He was saying | ἔλεγεν | He was saying | ελεγεν | | | dixit | dicebat | He was saying | — | — | ἔλεγεν | He was saying | |||||
αυτοισP4 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | illi | illis | to them | ܠܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
κσP4 | that: | ὅτι· | that: | οτι | | | quidem | Quia | that: | ܕܡܪܗ | that: | ὅτι | that: | |||||
εστιP4 | Lord | κύριός | Lord | — | | | si | dominus | Lord | — | — | Κύριός | Lord | |||||
τουP4 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | es | est | is | ܗܘ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
σαββατουP4 | also | καὶ | also | — | | | quod | Filius | also | ܕܫܒܬܐ | also | ὁ | also | |||||
οP4 | of the | τοῦ | of the | — | | | beatus | — | — | — | — | υἱὸς | of the | |||||
υιοσP4 | Sabbath | σαββάτου | Sabbath | — | | | homo | hominis | Sabbath | — | — | τοῦ | Sabbath | |||||
τουP4 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀνθρώπου | the | |||||
ανθρωπουP4 | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ϋιος | | | et | etiam | Son | ܒܪܗ | Son | καὶ | Son | |||||
τοῦP4 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ἀνθρώπου.¶P4 | of Man. | ἀνθρώπου.¶ | of Man. | ανθρωπου | | | — | sabbati | of Man. | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man. | σαββάτου | of Man. | |||||
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