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 | ||||||||||||
προσP45 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܫܕܪܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
αυτονP45 | they send | ἀποστέλλουσιν | they send | αποστελλουσιν | | | mittunt | mittunt | they send | ܠܘܬܗ | they send | ἀποστέλλουσιν | they send | |||||
τινασP45 | to | πρὸς | to | — | | | — | ad | to | ܐܢܫܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
τωνP45 | Him | αὐτόν | Him | — | | | eum | eum | Him | — | — | αὐτόν | Him | |||||
φαρισαιωνP45 | some | τινας | some | τινας | | | quosdam | quosdam | some | ܡܢ | some | τινας | some | |||||
καιP45 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
τωνP45 | Pharisees | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | φαρισαιων | | | pharisaeorum | pharisæis | Pharisees | ܤܦܪܐ | Pharisees | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | |||||
ηρωδιανωνP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιναP45 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | herodianis | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
αυτονP45 | Herodians | Ἡρῳδιανῶν | Herodians | ηρωδιανων | | | ut | ut | Herodians | ܕܒܝܬ | Herodians | Ἡρῳδιανῶν | Herodians | |||||
αγρευσωσινP45 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | — | eum | that | — | — | ἵνα | that | |||||
λογωιP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | caperent | caperent | Him | ܗܪܘܕܤ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
ἀγρεύσωσινP45 | they may catch | ἀγρεύσωσιν | they may catch | — | | | — | in | they may catch | ܕܢܨܘܕܘܢܝܗܝ | they may catch | ἀγρεύσωσιν | they may catch | |||||
λόγῳ.P45 | in discourse. | λόγῳ. | in discourse. | λογω | | | uerbo | verbo | in discourse. | ܒܡܠܬܐ | in discourse. | λόγῳ | in discourse. | |||||
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