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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
καιP88 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ειπενP88 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | ait | ait | said | — | — | εἶπεν | said | |||||
αυτοισP88 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | illis | illis | to them | ܠܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
οP88 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP88 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | — | Jesus | Jesus; | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | |||||
μηP88 | Not | μὴ | Not | μη | | | numquid | Numquid | Not | ܝܫܘܥ | Not | Μὴ | Not | |||||
δυνανταιP88 | are able | δύνανται | are able | δυνανται | | | possunt | possunt | are able | — | — | δύνανται | are able | |||||
οιP88 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
υιοιP88 | sons | υἱοὶ | sons | ϋιοι | | | — | — | — | ܠܡܐ | sons | υἱοὶ | sons | |||||
τουP88 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
νυμφωνοσP88 | bridechamber | νυμφῶνος | bridechamber | νυμφωνος | | | fili | filii | bridechamber | — | — | νυμφῶνος | bridechamber | |||||
ενP88 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | — | nuptiarum | in | ܡܫܟܚܝܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ωP88 | which | ᾧ | which | ω | | | — | quamdiu | which | — | — | ᾧ | which | |||||
οP88 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
νυμφιοσP88 | bridegroom | νυμφίος | bridegroom | νυμφιος | | | sponsi | sponsus | bridegroom | ܒܢܘܗܝ | bridegroom | νυμφίος | bridegroom | |||||
μετP88 | with | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | cum | cum | with | — | — | μετ’ | with | |||||
αυτωνP88 | them | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | illis | illis | them | ܕܓܢܘܢܐ | them | αὐτῶν | them | |||||
εστινP88 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܟܡܐ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
νηστευεινP88 | to fast? | νηστεύειν; | to fast? | νηστευειν | | | ieiunare | jejunare | to fast? | — | — | νηστεύειν | to fast? | |||||
οσονP88 | As long as | ὅσον | As long as | — | | | quandiu | Quanto | As long as | ܕܚܬܢܐ | As long as | Ὅσον | As long as | |||||
χρονονP88 | time | χρόνον | time | — | | | — | tempore | time | — | — | χρόνον | time | |||||
εχουσιP88 | they have | ἔχουσιν | they have | — | | | — | — | — | ܥܡܗܘܢ | they have | μεθ’ | they have | |||||
τονP88 | the | τὸν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἑαυτῶν | the | |||||
νυμφιονP88 | bridegroom | νυμφίον | bridegroom | — | | | — | habent | bridegroom | — | — | ἔχουσιν | bridegroom | |||||
μεθP88 | with | μετ᾽ | with | — | | | — | secum | with | ܗܘ | with | τὸν | with | |||||
εαυτωνP88 | them | αὐτῶν | them | — | | | sponsus | sponsum | them | — | — | νυμφίον | them | |||||
ουP88 | not | οὐ | not | — | | | — | non | not | ܕܢܨܘܡܘܢ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
δυνανταιP88 | they are able | δύνανται | they are able | — | | | — | possunt | they are able | — | — | δύνανται | they are able | |||||
νηστευειP88 | to fast. | νηστεύειν. | to fast. | — | | | — | jejunare | to fast. | ܠܐ | to fast. | νηστεύειν | to fast. | |||||
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