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 | ||||||||||||
τιP84 · P88 | Which | τί | Which | τι | | | quid | Quid | Which | ܐܝܕܐ | Which | Τί | Which | |||||
εστινP84 · P88 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܦܫܝܩܐ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
ευκοπωτερονP84 · P88 | easier, | εὐκοπώτερον, | easier, | ευκοπωτερον | | | facilius | facilius | easier, | — | — | εὐκοπώτερον | easier, | |||||
ειπεινP84 · P88 | to say | εἰπεῖν | to say | ειπειν | | | dicere | dicere | to say | ܠܡܐܡܪ | to say | εἰπεῖν | to say | |||||
τωP84 · P88 | to the | τῷ | to the | τω | | | et | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | |||||
παραλυτικωP84 · P88 | paralytic; | παραλυτικῷ· | paralytic; | — | | | paralytico | paralytico | paralytic; | ܠܡܫܪܝܐ | paralytic; | παραλυτικῷ | paralytic; | |||||
αφιενταιP84 · P88 | Are forgiven | ἀφίενταί | Are forgiven | — | | | uade | Dimittuntur | Are forgiven | ܕܫܒܝܩܝܢ | Are forgiven | Ἀφέωνταί | Are forgiven | |||||
σουP84 · P88 | of you | σου | of you | — | | | tibi | tibi | of you | — | — | σου | of you | |||||
αιP84 · P88 | the | αἱ | the | — | | | in | — | — | — | — | αἱ | the | |||||
αμαρτιαιP84 · P88 | sins, | ἁμαρτίαι, | sins, | — | | | peccata | peccata | sins, | ܠܟ | sins, | ἁμαρτίαι | sins, | |||||
ηP84 · P88 | or | ἢ | or | — | | | domum | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
ειπεινP84 · P88 | to say; | εἰπεῖν· | to say; | — | | | tuam | an | to say; | ܐܘ | to say; | εἰπεῖν | to say; | |||||
εγειρεP84 · P88 | do arise | ἔγειρε | do arise | εγειρε | | | dicere | dicere | do arise | — | — | Ἔγειραι | do arise | |||||
καιP84 · P88 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | surge | Surge | and | ܠܡܐܡܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αρονP84 · P88 | do take up | ἆρον | do take up | αρον | | | tolle | tolle | do take up | ܕܩܘܡ | do take up | ἆρόν | do take up | |||||
τονP84 · P88 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | aut | — | — | — | — | σου | the | |||||
κραβακτονP84 · P88 | mat | κράβαττόν | mat | κραβαττον | | | grabattum | grabatum | mat | ܫܩܘܠ | mat | τὸν | mat | |||||
σουP84 · P88 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tuum | tuum | of you | — | — | κράββατον | of you | |||||
καιP84 · P88 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܥܪܤܟ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
υπαγεP84 · P88 | do walk? | περιπάτει;¶ | do walk? | — | | | demittuntur | ambula | do walk? | ܘܗܠܟ | do walk? | περιπάτει | do walk? | |||||
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