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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ὁ | He | ο | | | autem | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | He | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | — | ille | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܕܝܢ | said | εἶπεν | said | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | eis | eis | to them; | ܐܡܪ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | Surely | ουκ | | | non | Non | Surely | ܠܗܘܢ | Surely | Οὐκ | Surely | ||||||
| — | ἀνέγνωτε | you have read | — | | | legistis | legistis | you have read | ܠܐ | you have read | ἀνέγνωτε | you have read | ||||||
| — | τί | what | τι | | | qui | quid | what | ܩܪܝܬܘܢ | what | τί | what | ||||||
| — | ἐποίησεν | did | εποιησεν | | | fecit | fecerit | did | — | — | ἐποίησεν | did | ||||||
| — | Δαυὶδ | David | δαυειδ | | | dauid | David | David | ܡܢܐ | David | Δαυίδ | David | ||||||
| — | ὅτε | when | οτε | | | qui | quando | when | ܥܒܕ | when | ὅτε | when | ||||||
| — | ἐπείνασεν | he was hungry | επινασεν | | | esuriit | esuriit | he was hungry | ܕܘܝܕ | he was hungry | ἐπείνασεν | he was hungry | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸς | he himself | — | | | et | et | he himself | ܟܕ | he himself | αὐτὸς | he himself | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | quid | qui | and | ܟܦܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | those | οι | | | cum | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | ||||||
| — | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | eo | eo | with | ܘܐܝܠܝܢ | with | μετ’ | with | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ; | him? | αυτου | | | cum | erant | him? | ܕܥܡܗ | him? | αὐτοῦ | him? | ||||||
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