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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἄλλα | Other | αλλα | | | alia | Alia | ? | ܐܠܐ | but | Ἄλλα | Other | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ἔπεσεν | fell | επεσεν | | | ceciderunt | ceciderunt | ? | ܢܦܠ | fell | ἔπεσεν | fell | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | quidam | in | in | ܒܐܪܥܐ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | γῆν | soil | γην | | | in | terram | land | — | — | γῆν | soil | ||||||
| — | τὴν | <the> | την | | | quidam | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| — | καλὴν | good | καλην | | | terram | bonam | ? | ܛܒܬܐ | good | καλήν | good | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | bonam | et | and | ܘܝܗܒ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐδίδου | were yielding | εδιδουν | | | et | dabant | ? | — | — | ἐδίδου | were yielding | ||||||
| — | καρπόν, | fruit, | καρπον | | | — | fructum | ? | ܦܐܪܐ | fruit, | καρπόν | fruit, | ||||||
| — | ὃ | some | ο | | | dabant | — | — | — | — | ὃ | some | ||||||
| — | μὲν | indeed | μεν | | | fructum | aliud | ? | — | — | μὲν | indeed | ||||||
| — | ἑκατόν, | a hundredfold, | — | | | autem | centesimum | ? | ܕܡܐܐ | a hundredfold, | ἑκατόν | a hundredfold, | ||||||
| — | ὃ | some | ο | | | c | — | — | — | — | ὃ | some | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | lx | aliud | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | ἑξήκοντα, | sixty, | — | | | — | sexagesimum | ? | ܕܫܬܝܢ | sixty, | ἑξήκοντα | sixty, | ||||||
| — | ὃ | some | ο | | | quidam | — | — | — | — | ὃ | some | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | — | aliud | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | τριάκοντα. | thirty. | — | | | xxx | trigesimum | ? | ܕܬܠܬܝܢ | thirty. | τριάκοντα | thirty. | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||