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 | ||||||||||||
εκατονταρχουP45 · P75 | Of a centurion | ἑκατοντάρχου | Of a centurion | εκατονταρχου | | | centurionis | Centurionis | Of a centurion | ܥܒܕܗ | Of a centurion | Ἑκατοντάρχου | Of a centurion | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | then | δέ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | then | |||||
τινοσP45 · P75 | a certain | τινος | a certain | τινος | | | cuiusdam | cujusdam | a certain | ܕܩܢܛܪܘܢܐ | a certain | τινος | a certain | |||||
δουλουP45 · P75 | servant | δοῦλος | servant | — | | | puer | servus | servant | ܚܕ | servant | δοῦλος | servant | |||||
κακωσP45 · P75 | sick | κακῶς | sick | κακως | | | male | male | sick | ܥܒܝܕ | sick | κακῶς | sick | |||||
εχωνP45 · P75 | being | ἔχων | being | εχων | | | habens | habens | being | ܗܘܐ | being | ἔχων | being | |||||
ημελλενP45 · P75 | was about | ἤμελλεν | was about | ημελλεν | | | erat | erat | was about | ܒܝܫܐܝܬ | was about | ἔμελλεν | was about | |||||
τελευτανP45 · P75 | to die | τελευτᾶν | to die | τελευταν | | | mori | moriturus | to die | ܐܝܢܐ | to die | τελευτᾷν | to die | |||||
οσP45 · P75 | who | ὃς | who | ος | | | qui | qui | who | ܕܝܩܝܪ | who | ὃς | who | |||||
ηνP45 · P75 | was | ἦν | was | ην | | | illi | illi | was | ܗܘܐ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P75 | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | αυτω | | | incipiebat | erat | to him | ܥܠܘܗܝ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | |||||
εντειμοσP45 · P75 | valued highly. | ἔντιμος. | valued highly. | — | | | honoratus | pretiosus | valued highly. | ܘܩܪܝܒ | valued highly. | ἔντιμος | valued highly. | |||||
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