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 | ||||||||||||
ησανP88 | were | ἦσαν | were | ησαν | | | erant | Erant | were | ܐܝܬ | were | Ἦσαν | were | |||||
δεP88 | now | δέ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | now | |||||
τινεσP88 | some | τινες | some | τινες | | | illic | illic | ? | ܕܝܢ | some | τινες | some | |||||
τωνP88 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | suis | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
γραμματεωνP88 | scribes | γραμματέων | scribes | γραμματεων | | | quidam | quidam | ? | ܬܡܢ | scribes | γραμματέων | scribes | |||||
εκειP88 | there | ἐκεῖ | there | εκει | | | de | de | from/of | ܡܢ | there | ἐκεῖ | there | |||||
καθημενοιP88 | sitting | καθήμενοι | sitting | καθημενοι | | | sscribis | scribis | ? | ܤܦܪܐ | sitting | καθήμενοι | sitting | |||||
καιP88 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | sedentes | sedentes | ? | ܘܦܪܝܫܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
διαλογιζομενοιP88 | reasoning | διαλογιζόμενοι | reasoning | διαλογιζομενοι | | | et | et | and | ܕܝܬܒܝܢ | reasoning | διαλογιζόμενοι | reasoning | |||||
ενP88 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | cogitantes | cogitantes | ? | ܘܡܬܪܥܝܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ταισP88 | the | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | dicentes | in | in | — | — | ταῖς | the | |||||
καρδιαισP88 | hearts | καρδίαις | hearts | καρδιαις | | | in | cordibus | ? | ܗܘܘ | hearts | καρδίαις | hearts | |||||
αυτωP88 | of them; | αὐτῶν· | of them; | αυτων | | | cordibus | suis | ? | ܒܠܒܗܘܢ | of them; | αὐτῶν | of them; | |||||
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