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 | ||||||||||||
ηP45 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | η | | | autem | — | — | — | — | ἦν | <the> | |||||
δεP45 | Now | δὲ | Now | δε | | | erat | Erat | Now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | Now | |||||
γυνηP45 | the woman | γυνὴ | the woman | γυνη | | | — | enim | the woman | ܕܝܢ | the woman | ἡ | the woman | |||||
ηνP45 | was | ἦν | was | ην | | | mulier | mulier | was | ܐܢܬܬܐ | was | γυνὴ | was | |||||
ελληνισP45 | Gentile | Ἑλληνὶς | Gentile | ελληνις | | | graeca | gentilis | Gentile | ܐܝܬܝܗ | Gentile | Ἑλληνίς | Gentile | |||||
συροφοινικισσαP45 | Syrophoenician | Συροφοινίκισσα | Syrophoenician | — | | | syrophoenissa | Syrophœnissa | Syrophoenician | ܗܘܬ | Syrophoenician | Συραφοινίκισσα | Syrophoenician | |||||
τωιP45 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
γενειP45 | by race, | γένει, | by race, | γενει | | | genere | genere | by race, | ܚܢܦܬܐ | by race, | γένει | by race, | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | Et | and | ܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηρωταP45 | was asking | ἠρώτα | was asking | ηρωτα | | | rogabat | rogabat | was asking | ܦܘܢܝܩܐ | was asking | ἠρώτα | was asking | |||||
αυτονP45 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܕܤܘܪܝܐ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
ιναP45 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܘܒܥܝܐ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
τοP45 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
δαιμονιονP45 | demon | δαιμόνιον | demon | δαιμονιον | | | daemonium | dæmonium | demon | ܗܘܬ | demon | δαιμόνιον | demon | |||||
εκβαληP45 | He may cast forth | ἐκβάλῃ | He may cast forth | εκβαλη | | | — | ejiceret | He may cast forth | ܡܢܗ | He may cast forth | ἐκβάλῃ | He may cast forth | |||||
τησP45 | out of | ἐκ | out of | — | | | de | de | out of | ܕܢܦܩ | out of | ἐκ | out of | |||||
θυγατροσP45 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | eiceret | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
αυτησP45 | daughter | θυγατρὸς | daughter | θυγατρος | | | filia | filia | daughter | ܫܐܕܐ | daughter | θυγατρὸς | daughter | |||||
αὐτῆς.P45 | of her. | αὐτῆς. | of her. | αυτης | | | eius | ejus | of her. | ܡܢ | of her. | αὐτῆς | of her. | |||||
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