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 | ||||||||||||
καιP88 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | pharisaei | Pharisæi | And | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
οιP88 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | discipuli | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
φαρεισεοιP88 | Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | φαρισαιοι | | | autem | autem | Pharisees | ܠܗ | Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | |||||
ελεγονP88 | were saying | ἔλεγον | were saying | ελεγον | | | dicebant | dicebant | were saying | ܦܪܝܫܐ | were saying | ἔλεγον | were saying | |||||
αυτωP88 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | — | | | eis | ei | to Him; | — | — | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
ειδεP88 | Behold | ἴδε | Behold | ϊδε | | | ecce | Ecce | Behold | ܚܙܝ | Behold | Ἴδε | Behold | |||||
τιP88 | why | τί | why | τι | | | — | — | — | ܡܢܐ | why | τί | why | |||||
ποιουσινP88 | do they | ποιοῦσιν | do they | ποιουσιν | | | quid | quid | do they | ܥܒܕܝܢ | do they | ποιοῦσιν | do they | |||||
τοισP88 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | faciunt | faciunt | in | ܒܫܒܬܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
σαββασινP88 | on the | τοῖς | on the | τοις | | | tui | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | on the | |||||
οP88 | Sabbaths | σάββασιν | Sabbaths | σαββασιν | | | sabbatis | sabbatis | Sabbaths | — | — | σάββασιν | Sabbaths | |||||
ουκP88 | that which | ὃ | that which | ο | | | non | — | — | — | — | ὃ | that which | |||||
εξεστινP88 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | no | non | not | ܕܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ἔξεστιν;¶P88 | is lawful? | ἔξεστιν;¶ | is lawful? | εξεστιν | | | licebat | licet | is lawful? | ܫܠܝܛ | is lawful? | ἔξεστιν | is lawful? | |||||
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