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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܩܪܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | προσκαλεῖται | He calls near | — | | | circuibat | vocavit | He calls near | ܠܬܪܥܤܪܬܗ | He calls near | προσκαλεῖται | He calls near | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | castella | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | δώδεκα | Twelve | — | | | duodecim | duodecim | Twelve | ܘܫܪܝ | Twelve | δώδεκα | Twelve | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | ·et | et | and | ܕܢܫܕܪ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἤρξατο | He began | — | | | circumibat | cœpit | He began | ܐܢܘܢ | He began | ἤρξατο | He began | ||||||
| — | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them | ܬܪܝܢ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | ||||||
| — | ἀποστέλλειν | to send forth | — | | | docens | mittere | to send forth | ܬܪܝܢ | to send forth | ἀποστέλλειν | to send forth | ||||||
| — | δύο | two | — | | | conuocatis | — | — | — | — | δύο | two | ||||||
| — | δύο | by two | — | | | misit | binos | by two | ܘܝܗܒ | by two | δύο | by two | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܠܗܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐδίδου | He was gaving | — | | | per | dabat | He was gaving | ܫܘܠܛܢܐ | He was gaving | ἐδίδου | He was gaving | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | illis | illis | to them | ܥܠ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| — | ἐξουσίαν | authority | εξουσιαν | | | potestatem | potestatem | authority | ܪܘܚܐ | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | ||||||
| — | τῶν | over the | των | | | uinos | — | — | — | — | τῶν | over the | ||||||
| — | πνευμάτων | spirits | πνευματων | | | spirituum | spirituum | spirits | ܛܢܦܬܐ | spirits | πνευμάτων | spirits | ||||||
| — | τῶν | <the> | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀκαθάρτων | unclean | ακαθαρτων | | | immundorum | immundorum | unclean | ܕܢܦܩܘܢ | unclean | ἀκαθάρτων | unclean | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||