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 | ||||||||||||
ηδυναντοP45 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܒܡܬܠܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ακουεινP45 | with such | τοιαύταις | with such | τοιαυταις | | | talibus | talibus | with such | ܕܐܝܟ | with such | τοιαύταις | with such | |||||
παραβολαῖςP45 | parables | παραβολαῖς | parables | — | | | multis | multis | parables | ܗܠܝܢ | parables | παραβολαῖς | parables | |||||
πολλαῖςP45 | many | πολλαῖς | many | πολλαις | | | parauolis | parabolis | many | ܡܡܠܠ | many | πολλαῖς | many | |||||
ἐλάλειP45 | He was speaking | ἐλάλει | He was speaking | ελαλει | | | loquebatur | loquebatur | He was speaking | ܗܘܐ | He was speaking | ἐλάλει | He was speaking | |||||
αὐτοῖςP45 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | — | | | — | eis | to them | ܝܫܘܥ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
τὸνP45 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
λόγονP45 | word | λόγον | word | λογον | | | uerbum | verbum | word | ܡܬܠܐ | word | λόγον | word | |||||
καθὼςP45 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | prout | prout | even as | ܐܝܟ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
ἠδύναντοP45 | they were able | ἠδύναντο | they were able | — | | | poterant | poterant | they were able | ܕܡܫܟܚܝܢ | they were able | ἐδύναντο | they were able | |||||
ἀκούειν.P45 | to hear. | ἀκούειν. | to hear. | ακουειν | | | audire | audire | to hear. | ܗܘܘ | to hear. | ἀκούειν | to hear. | |||||
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