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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | suam | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | qui | Illi | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀμελήσαντες | having paid no attention | αμελησαντες | | | autem | autem | having paid no attention | — | — | ἀμελήσαντες | having paid no attention | ||||||
| — | ἀπῆλθον, | they went away, | απηλθον | | | neglentes | neglexerunt | they went away, | ܕܝܢ | they went away, | ἀπῆλθον | they went away, | ||||||
| — | ὃς | that one | — | | | — | et | that one | ܒܤܘ | that one | ὁ | that one | ||||||
| — | μὲν | indeed | μεν | | | abierunt | abierunt | indeed | — | — | μὲν | indeed | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | quidam | alius | to | ܘܐܙܠܘ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἴδιον | his own | ειδιον | | | in | in | his own | — | — | ἴδιον | his own | ||||||
| — | ἀγρόν, | field, | αγρον | | | suum | villam | field, | ܐܝܬ | field, | ἀγρόν | field, | ||||||
| — | ὃς | that one | — | | | — | suam | that one | — | — | ὁ | that one | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | agrum | alius | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | to | επι | | | — | vero | to | ܘܐܝܬ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | quidam | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | ἐμπορίαν | business | εμπορειαν | | | ad | ad | business | — | — | ἐμπορίαν | business | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ· | of him; | — | | | negotiationem | negotiationem | of him; | ܕܠܬܐܓܘܪܬܗ | of him; | αὐτοῦ | of him; | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||