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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܫܐܠ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
επηρωτησενP45 | He asked | ἐπηρώτησεν | He asked | επηρωτησεν | | | frequenter | interrogavit | He asked | ܝܫܘܥ | He asked | ἐπηρώτησεν | He asked | |||||
τονP45 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πραP45 | father | πατέρα | father | πατερα | | | in | patrem | father | ܠܐܒܘܗܝ | father | πατέρα | father | |||||
αυτουP45 | of him; | αὐτοῦ· | of him; | αυτου | | | ignem | ejus | of him; | ܕܟܡܐ | of him; | αὐτοῦ | of him; | |||||
λεγωνP45 | How long | πόσος | How long | ποσος | | | et | Quantum | How long | ܠܗ | How long | Πόσος | How long | |||||
ποσοσP45 | a time | χρόνος | a time | χρονος | | | in | temporis | a time | ܙܒܢܐ | a time | χρόνος | a time | |||||
χρονοσP45 | is it | ἐστὶν | is it | εστιν | | | aquam | est | is it | ܗܐ | is it | ἐστίν | is it | |||||
εστινP45 | that | ὡς | that | ως | | | misertus | ex | that | ܡܢ | that | ὡς | that | |||||
εωσP45 | this | τοῦτο | this | τουτο | | | ut | quo | this | ܕܗܟܢܐ | this | τοῦτο | this | |||||
τουτοP45 | has been | γέγονεν | has been | γεγονεν | | | illum | ei | has been | ܗܘ | has been | γέγονεν | has been | |||||
γεγονενP45 | with him? | αὐτῷ; | with him? | αυτω | | | perdat | hoc | with him? | ܐܡܪ | with him? | αὐτῷ | with him? | |||||
αυτωιP45 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | sed | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
οP45 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | si | accidit | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
δεP45 | he said; | εἶπεν· | he said; | ειπεν | | | quid | At | he said; | ܗܐ | he said; | εἶπεν | he said; | |||||
ειπενP45 | From | ἐκ | From | εκ | | | potes | ille | From | ܡܢ | From | Παιδιόθεν | From | |||||
εκP45 | childhood. | παιδιόθεν. | childhood. | — | | | — | ait Ab infantia | childhood. | ܛܠܝܘܬܗ | childhood. | παιδιόθεν. | childhood. | |||||
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