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 | ||||||||||||
παλινP104 | Again | πάλιν | Again | παλιν | | | iterum | Iterum | Again | ܘܬܘܒ | Again | Πάλιν | Again | |||||
απεστειλενP104 | he sent | ἀπέστειλεν | he sent | απεστειλεν | | | misit | misit | he sent | ܫܕܪ | he sent | ἀπέστειλεν | he sent | |||||
αλλουσP104 | other | ἄλλους | other | αλλους | | | alios | alios | other | ܐܚܪܢܐ | other | ἄλλους | other | |||||
δουλουσP104 | servants | δούλους | servants | δουλους | | | seruos | servos | servants | ܥܒܕܐ | servants | δούλους | servants | |||||
πλειονασP104 | more | πλείονας | more | πλιονας | | | plures | plures | more | ܕܤܓܝܐܝܢ | more | πλείονας | more | |||||
τωνP104 | than the | τῶν | than the | των | | | uero | — | — | — | — | τῶν | than the | |||||
πρωτωνP104 | first, | πρώτων, | first, | πρωτων | | | prioribus | prioribus | first, | ܡܢ | first, | πρώτων | first, | |||||
καιP104 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܩܕܡܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εποιησανP104 | they did | ἐποίησαν | they did | εποιησαν | | | fecerunt | fecerunt | they did | ܘܗܟܘܬ | they did | ἐποίησαν | they did | |||||
αυτοισP104 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | eis | illis | to them | ܥܒܕܘ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
ωσαυτωσP104 | likewise. | ὡσαύτως. | likewise. | ωσαυτως | | | identidem | similiter | likewise. | ܠܗܘܢ | likewise. | ὡσαύτως | likewise. | |||||
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