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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| — | προσηνέχθη | was brought | προσηνεχθη | | | oblatus | oblatus | was brought | ܩܪܒܘ | was brought | προσηνέχθη | was brought | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | est | est | to Him | — | — | αὐτῷ | to Him | ||||||
| — | δαιμονιζόμενος | one being demonised | δαιμονιζομενος | | | ei | ei | one being demonised | ܠܗ | one being demonised | δαιμονιζόμενος | one being demonised | ||||||
| — | τυφλὸς | blind | τυφλος | | | daemoniacus | dæmonium | blind | ܕܝܘܢܐ | blind | τυφλὸς | blind | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | habens | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | κωφός, | mute, | κωφος | | | caecus | cæcus | mute, | ܚܕ | mute, | κωφός | mute, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܚܪܫ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐθεράπευσεν | He healed | εθεραπευσεν | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐθεράπευσεν | He healed | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | mutus | mutus | him | ܘܥܘܝܪ | him | αὐτόν | him | ||||||
| — | ὥστε | in order for | ωστε | | | et | et | in order for | ܘܐܤܝܗ | in order for | ὥστε | in order for | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | surdus | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | τυφλὸν | blind | — | | | curabit | curavit | blind | ܐܝܟܢܐ | blind | τυφλὸν | blind | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | eum | eum | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | κωφὸν | mute man | κωφον | | | ita | ita | mute man | ܕܚܪܫܐ | mute man | κωφὸν | mute man | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | ut | ut | and | ܘܤܡܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | λαλεῖν | to speak | λαλειν | | | loqueretur | loqueretur | to speak | — | — | λαλεῖν | to speak | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܢܡܠܠ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | βλέπειν. | to see. | βλεπειν | | | uideret | videret | to see. | ܘܢܚܙܐ | to see. | βλέπειν | to see. | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||