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 | ||||||||||||
ουκP25 | Surely | οὐκ | Surely | ουκ | | | non | nonne | Surely | ܠܐ | Surely | οὐκ | Surely | |||||
εδειP25 | it was necessary | ἔδει | it was necessary | εδι | | | ergo | ergo oportuit | therefore it was necessary | ܘܠܐ | it was necessary | ἔδει | it was necessary | |||||
ουνP25 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | oportebat | et | also | ܗܘܐ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
ελεησαιP25 | you | σὲ | you | σε | | | et | te | you | ܠܟ | you | σὲ | you | |||||
τοP25 | to have pitied | ἐλεῆσαι | to have pitied | — | | | te | misereri | to have mercy on | ܐܦ | to have pitied | ἐλεῆσαι | to have pitied | |||||
συνδουλονP25 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | misereri | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
σουP25 | fellow servant | σύνδουλόν | fellow servant | συνδουλον | | | con seruo | conservi | fellow servant | ܐܢܬ | fellow servant | σύνδουλόν | fellow servant | |||||
ωσP25 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tui | tui | of you | ܕܬܚܘܢ | of you | σου | of you | |||||
καγωP25 | as | ὡς | as | ως | | | sicut | sicut | as | ܠܟܢܬܟ | as | ὡς | as | |||||
ηλεησαP25 | also I myself | κἀγὼ | also I myself | καγω | | | et | et ego | I also | ܐܝܟܢܐ | also I myself | καὶ | also I myself | |||||
υμασP25 | you | σὲ | you | σε | | | ego | tui | you | ܕܐܢܐ | you | ἐγώ | you | |||||
ἠλέησα;¶P25 | pitied? | ἠλέησα;¶ | pitied? | ηλεησα | | | tuo | misertus sum | showed mercy | ܚܢܬܟ | pitied? | σε | pitied? | |||||
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