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 | ||||||||||||
λεγουσινP25 · P71 | Say | Λέγουσιν | Say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | Dicunt | Say | ܐܡܪܝܢ | Say | Λέγουσιν | Say | |||||
οιP25 · P71 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
μαθηταιP25 · P71 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | sic | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
αυτουP25 · P71 | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | |||||
ειP25 · P71 | of Him: | αὐτοῦ· | of Him: | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him: | ܐܢ | of Him: | αὐτοῦ | of Him: | |||||
ουτωσP25 · P71 | If | εἰ | If | ει | | | si | Si | If | ܗܟܢܐ | If | Εἰ | If | |||||
αιτιοσP25 · P71 | this | οὕτως | this | ουτως | | | — | ita | this | ܐܝܬ | this | οὕτως | this | |||||
γινεταιP25 · P71 | is | ἐστὶν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܥܕܠܝܐ | is | ἐστὶν | is | |||||
ανθρωποσP25 · P71 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
μεταP25 · P71 | case | αἰτία | case | αιτεια | | | causa | causa | case | ܒܝܢܝ | case | αἰτία | case | |||||
τησP25 · P71 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | uiri | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
γυναικοσP25 · P71 | man | ἀνθρώπου | man | — | | | — | hominis | man | ܓܒܪܐ | man | ἀνθρώπου | man | |||||
ουP25 · P71 | with | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | cum | cum | with | ܠܐܢܬܬܐ | with | μετὰ | with | |||||
συμφερειP25 · P71 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
γυναικός,P25 · P71 | wife, | γυναικός, | wife, | γυναικος | | | muliere | uxore | wife, | ܠܐ | wife, | γυναικός | wife, | |||||
οὐP25 · P71 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܦܩܚ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
συμφέρειP25 · P71 | it is better | συμφέρει | it is better | — | | | expedit | expedit | it is better | ܠܡܤܒ | it is better | συμφέρει | it is better | |||||
γαμῆσαι.¶P25 · P71 | to marry. | γαμῆσαι.¶ | to marry. | γαμησαι | | | nubere | nubere | to marry. | ܐܢܬܬܐ | to marry. | γαμῆσαι | to marry. | |||||
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