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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | and | Καὶ | and | — | | | respondens | Respondens | and | ܐܡܪ | and | Καὶ | and | |||||
αποκριθεισP45 | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | αποκριθεις | | | autem | autem | answering | — | — | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | |||||
οP45 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | et | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιηP45 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | ihs | Jesus | And | ܕܝܢ | but | Ἰησοῦς | And | |||||
ειπενP45 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ait | dixit | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | εἶπεν | Jesus | |||||
αυτοισP45 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | — | illis | said | — | — | αὐτοῖς | said | |||||
ταP45 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | — | | | reddite | Reddite | to them; | ܕܩܤܪ | to them; | Ἀπόδοτε | to them; | |||||
καισαροσP45 | the things | τὰ | the things | — | | | mirabantur | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the things | |||||
αποδοτεP45 | of Caesar | Καίσαρος | of Caesar | — | | | caesaris | igitur | of Caesar | ܗܒܘ | of Caesar | Καίσαρος | of Caesar | |||||
καισαριP45 | do give back | ἀπόδοτε | do give back | αποδοτε | | | quae | quæ | do give back | — | — | Καίσαρι | do give back | |||||
καιP45 | to Caesar | Καίσαρι | to Caesar | — | | | sunt | sunt | to Caesar | ܠܩܤܪ | to Caesar | καὶ | to Caesar | |||||
ταP45 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | Cæsaris | and | ܘܕܐܠܗܐ | and | τὰ | and | |||||
τουP45 | the things | τὰ | the things | τα | | | super | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the things | |||||
θυP45 | <of the> | τοῦ | <of the> | του | | | caesari | — | — | — | — | θεοῦ | <of the> | |||||
τωιP45 | of God | θεοῦ | of God | — | | | do | Cæsari | of God | — | — | τῷ | of God | |||||
θωP45 | <to the> | τῷ | <to the> | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | θεῷ | <to the> | |||||
καιP45 | to God. | θεῷ. | to God. | — | | | et | et | to God. | ܠܐܠܗܐ | to God. | Καὶ | to God. | |||||
εξεθαυμαζονP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | quae | quæ | And | ܘܬܡܗܘ | And | ἐθαύμασαν | And | |||||
επP45 | they were amazed | ἐξεθαύμαζον | they were amazed | — | | | sunt | sunt | they were amazed | — | — | ἐπ’ | they were amazed | |||||
αυτωιP45 | at | ἐπ᾽ | at | επ | | | dei | Dei | at | ܗܘܘ | at | αὐτῷ | at | |||||
αὐτῷ.¶P45 | Him. | αὐτῷ.¶ | Him. | — | | | eum | Deo | Him. | ܒܗ | Him. | αὐτῷ.¶ | Him. | |||||
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