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 | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܬܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ερχονταιP45 | come | ἔρχονται | come | ερχονται | | | ueniunt | venerunt | come | ܙܕܘܩܝܐ | come | ἔρχονται | come | |||||
σαδδουκαιοιP45 | Sadducees | Σαδδουκαῖοι | Sadducees | — | | | super | ad | Sadducees | — | — | Σαδδουκαῖοι | Sadducees | |||||
προσP45 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | eum | eum | to | ܠܘܬܗ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αυτονP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | sadducaei | sadducæi | Him | ܗܢܘܢ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | |||||
οιτινεσP45 | who | οἵτινες | who | οιτινες | | | qui | qui | who | ܕܐܡܪܝܢ | who | οἵτινες | who | |||||
λεγουσινP45 | say | λέγουσιν | say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | dicunt | say | — | — | λέγουσιν | say | |||||
αναστασινP45 | a resurrection | ἀνάστασιν | a resurrection | αναστασιν | | | resurrectionem | resurrectionem | a resurrection | ܕܩܝܡܬܐ | a resurrection | ἀνάστασιν | a resurrection | |||||
μηP45 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܠܝܬ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
ειναιP45 | being | εἶναι, | being | ειναι | | | esse | esse | being | ܘܡܫܐܠܝܢ | being | εἶναι | being | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܗܘܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
επηρωτωνP45 | they were questioning | ἐπηρώτων | they were questioning | επηρωτων | | | interrogabant | interrogabant | they were questioning | — | — | ἐπηρώτησαν | they were questioning | |||||
αυτονP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܠܗ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | |||||
λεγοντεσP45 | saying; | λέγοντες· | saying; | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | dicentes | saying; | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | |||||
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