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 | ||||||||||||
| — | δύο | Two | — | | | duo | Duo | Two | ܬܪܝܢ | Two | Δύο | Two | ||||||
| — | χρεοφειλέται | debtors | — | | | debitores | debitores | debtors | ܚܝܒܐ | debtors | χρεωφειλέται | debtors | ||||||
| — | ἦσαν | there were | — | | | erant | erant | there were | ܐܝܬ | there were | ἦσαν | there were | ||||||
| — | δανιστῇ | to a creditor | — | | | cuidam | cuidam | to a creditor | ܗܘܘ | to a creditor | δανειστῇ | to a creditor | ||||||
| — | τινι. | certain. | — | | | ad | fœneratori | certain. | ܠܚܕ | certain. | τινί | certain. | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | ille | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | εἷς | one | — | | | unus | unus | one | ܚܘܒܐ | one | εἷς | one | ||||||
| — | ὤφειλεν | was owing | — | | | debebat | debebat | was owing | ܚܕ | was owing | ὤφειλεν | was owing | ||||||
| — | δηνάρια | denarii | — | | | denarios | denarios | denarii | ܚܝܒ | denarii | δηνάρια | denarii | ||||||
| — | πεντακόσια, | five hundred, | — | | | quingentos | quingentos | five hundred, | ܗܘܐ | five hundred, | πεντακόσια | five hundred, | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | faeneratori | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | and | δε | | | — | et | and | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
ετεροσP3 · P75 | the other | ἕτερος | the other | ετερος | | | alius | alius | the other | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | the other | ἕτερος | the other | |||||
πεντηκονταP3 · P75 | fifty. | πεντήκοντα. | fifty. | πεντηκοντα | | | quinquaginta | quinquaginta | fifty. | ܕܝܢܪܐ | fifty. | πεντήκοντα | fifty. | |||||
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