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 | ||||||||||||
καιP104 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܚܕܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
λαβοντεσP104 | having taken | λαβόντες | having taken | λαβοντες | | | accipientes | agricolæ | having taken | — | — | λαβόντες | having taken | |||||
οιP104 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | coloni | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
γεωργοιP104 | farmers | γεωργοὶ | farmers | γεωργοι | | | — | apprehensis | farmers | ܦܠܚܐ | farmers | γεωργοὶ | farmers | |||||
τουσP104 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | quem | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
δουλουσP104 | servants | δούλους | servants | δουλους | | | quidem | — | — | ܠܥܒܕܘܗܝ | servants | δούλους | servants | |||||
αυτουP104 | of him, | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | αυτου | | | seruos | servis | of him, | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him, | |||||
ονP104 | the | ὃν | the | ον | | | eius | ejus | the | ܘܐܝܬ | the | ὃν | the | |||||
μενP104 | one | μὲν | one | μεν | | | quem | alium | one | — | — | μὲν | one | |||||
εδειρανP104 | they beat, | ἔδειραν, | they beat, | εδειραν | | | ceciderunt | ceciderunt | they beat, | ܕܡܚܐܘܗܝ | they beat, | ἔδειραν | they beat, | |||||
ονP104 | another | ὃν | another | — | | | — | alium | another | ܘܐܝܬ | another | ὃν | another | |||||
δεP104 | and | δὲ | and | δε | | | occiderunt | occiderunt | and | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | |||||
απεκτεινανP104 | they killed, | ἀπέκτειναν, | they killed, | απεκτειναν | | | autem | — | — | ܕܪܓܡܘܗܝ | they killed, | ἀπέκτειναν | they killed, | |||||
ονP104 | another | ὃν | another | ον | | | quem | alium | another | ܘܐܝܬ | another | ὃν | another | |||||
δεP104 | and | δὲ | and | δε | | | uero | vero | and | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | |||||
ελιθοβολησανP104 | they stoned. | ἐλιθοβόλησαν. | they stoned. | ελειθοβολησαν | | | lapidauerunt | lapidaverunt | they stoned. | ܕܩܛܠܘܗܝ | they stoned. | ἐλιθοβόλησαν | they stoned. | |||||
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