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 | ||||||||||||
οP45 · P83 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 · P83 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | autem | autem | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ιηP45 · P83 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | conuocans | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
προσκαλεσαμενοσP45 · P83 | having called to him | προσκαλεσάμενος | having called to him | προσκαλεσαμενος | | | eos | vocavit | having called to him | ܘܩܪܐ | having called to him | προσκαλεσάμενος | having called to him | |||||
αυτουσP45 · P83 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | — | eos | them | ܐܢܘܢ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
ειπενP45 · P83 | said; | εἶπεν· | said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | ad se et ait | said; | ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ | said; | εἶπεν | said; | |||||
οιδατεP45 · P83 | You know | οἴδατε | You know | οιδατε | | | et | Scitis | You know | ܝܕܥܝܢ | You know | Οἴδατε | You know | |||||
οτιP45 · P83 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | eis | quia | that | ܐܢܬܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
οιP45 · P83 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | scitis | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
αρχοντεσP45 · P83 | rulers | ἄρχοντες | rulers | αρχοντες | | | — | principes | rulers | ܕܪܫܝܗܘܢ | rulers | ἄρχοντες | rulers | |||||
τωνP45 · P83 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | principantur | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
εθνωνP45 · P83 | Gentiles | ἐθνῶν | Gentiles | εθνων | | | quod | gentium | Gentiles | ܕܥܡܡܐ | Gentiles | ἐθνῶν | Gentiles | |||||
κατακυριευουσινP45 · P83 | exercise lordship over | κατακυριεύουσιν | exercise lordship over | κατακυριευουσιν | | | dominantur | dominantur | exercise lordship over | ܡܪܝܗܘܢ | exercise lordship over | κατακυριεύουσιν | exercise lordship over | |||||
αυτωνP45 · P83 | them, | αὐτῶν, | them, | αυτων | | | eorum | eorum | them, | ܐܢܘܢ | them, | αὐτῶν | them, | |||||
καιP45 · P83 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
οιP45 · P83 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | regentium | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
μεγαλοιP45 · P83 | great ones | μεγάλοι | great ones | μεγαλοι | | | magni | qui majores sunt | great ones | ܘܪܘܪܒܢܝܗܘܢ | great ones | μεγάλοι | great ones | |||||
κατεξουσιαζουσινP45 · P83 | exercise authority over | κατεξουσιάζουσιν | exercise authority over | κατεξουσιαζουσιν | | | — | potestatem exercent | exercise authority over | ܫܠܝܛܝܢ | exercise authority over | κατεξουσιάζουσιν | exercise authority over | |||||
αυτωνP45 · P83 | them. | αὐτῶν. | them. | αυτων | | | eorum | in eos | them. | ܥܠܝܗܘܢ | them. | αὐτῶν | them. | |||||
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