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 | ||||||||||||
προσευχησP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
κληθησεταιP45 | He says | λέγει | He says | λεγει | | | dicit | dicit | He says | ܠܗܘܢ | He says | λέγει | He says | |||||
υμεισP45 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | eis | eis | to them; | ܟܬܝܒ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
δεP45 | It has been written: | γέγραπται· | It has been written: | γεγραπται | | | scriptum | Scriptum | It has been written: | — | — | Γέγραπται | It has been written: | |||||
αυτονP45 | The | ὁ | The | — | | | est | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The | |||||
ποιειτεP45 | house | οἶκός | house | οικος | | | domus | Domus | house | ܗܘ | house | οἶκός | house | |||||
σπηλαιονP45 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | mea | mea | of Mine | ܕܒܝܬܝ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
ληστωνP45 | a house | οἶκος | a house | οικος | | | domus | domus | a house | ܒܝܬ | a house | οἶκος | a house | |||||
προσευχῆςP45 | of prayer | προσευχῆς | of prayer | προσευχης | | | orationis | orationis | of prayer | ܨܠܘܬܐ | of prayer | προσευχῆς | of prayer | |||||
κληθήσεται,P45 | will be called,’ | κληθήσεται, | will be called,’ | κληθησεται | | | uocabitur | vocabitur | will be called,’ | ܢܬܩܪܐ | will be called,’ | κληθήσεται | will be called,’ | |||||
ὑμεῖςP45 | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | You yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | |||||
δὲP45 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
αὐτὸνP45 | it | αὐτὸν | it | αυτον | | | fecistis | fecistis | it | ܕܝܢ | it | αὐτὸν | it | |||||
ποιεῖτεP45 | make | ποιεῖτε | make | — | | | eam | illam | make | ܥܒܕܬܘܢܝܗܝ | make | ἐποιήσατε | make | |||||
σπήλαιονP45 | a den | σπήλαιον | a den | σπηλαιον | | | spelucam | speluncam | a den | ܡܥܪܬܐ | a den | σπήλαιον | a den | |||||
λῃστῶν.P45 | of robbers.’ | λῃστῶν. | of robbers.’ | ληστων | | | latronum | latronum | of robbers.’ | ܕܠܤܛܝܐ | of robbers.’ | λῃστῶν | of robbers.’ | |||||
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