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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܦܩܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
διεστελλετοP45 | He was instructing | διεστέλλετο | He was instructing | διεστελλετο | | | praecepit | præcipiebat | He was instructing | ܐܢܘܢ | He was instructing | διεστέλλετο | He was instructing | |||||
αυτοισP45 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | eis | eis | to them | ܘܐܡܪ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
λεγωνP45 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying; | ܠܗܘܢ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||
ορατεP45 | do watch out, | ὁρᾶτε, | do watch out, | — | | | uidete | Videte | do watch out, | ܚܙܘ | do watch out, | Ὁρᾶτε | do watch out, | |||||
καιP45 | do take heed | βλέπετε | do take heed | βλεπετε | | | et | et | do take heed | ܐܙܕܗܪܘ | do take heed | βλέπετε | do take heed | |||||
βλεπετεP45 | of | ἀπὸ | of | απο | | | — | cavete | of | ܡܢ | of | ἀπὸ | of | |||||
αποP45 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | herodis | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
τησP45 | leaven | ζύμης | leaven | ζυμης | | | a | a | leaven | ܚܡܝܪܐ | leaven | ζύμης | leaven | |||||
ζυμησP45 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
τωνP45 | Pharisees | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | φαρισαιων | | | fermento | fermento | Pharisees | ܕܦܪܝܫܐ | Pharisees | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | |||||
φαρισαιωνP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | pharisaeorum | pharisæorum | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP45 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
τησP45 | leaven | ζύμης | leaven | ζυμης | | | — | et | leaven | ܚܡܝܪܗ | leaven | ζύμης | leaven | |||||
ζυμησP45 | of Herod. | Ἡρῴδου. | of Herod. | ηρωδου | | | fermento | fermento | of Herod. | ܕܗܪܘܕܤ | of Herod. | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod. | |||||
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