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 | ||||||||||||
| — | φιλοῦσιν | They love | φιλουσιν | | | amant | Amant | They love | ܘܪܚܡܝܢ | They love | φιλοῦσίν | They love | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | τε | now | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | in | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | πρωτοκλισίαν | chief place | — | | | primos | primos | chief place | — | — | πρωτοκλισίαν | chief place | ||||||
| — | ἐν | at | εν | | | discubitus | recubitus | at | ܤܡܟܐ | at | ἐν | at | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | synagogis | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | ||||||
| — | δείπνοις | banquets | δειπνοις | | | in | in | banquets | ܒܚܫܡܝܬܐ | banquets | δείπνοις | banquets | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | cœnis | and | ܘܪܫ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | τας | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | πρωτοκαθεδρίας | first seats | πρωτοκαθεδριας | | | et | et | first seats | — | — | πρωτοκαθεδρίας | first seats | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | primas | primas | in | ܡܘܬܒܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | cenis | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | ||||||
| — | συναγωγαῖς | synagogues | συναγωγαις | | | cathedras | cathedras | synagogues | ܒܟܢܘܫܬܐ | synagogues | συναγωγαῖς | synagogues | ||||||
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