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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἐὰν | If | εαν | | | si | Si | if | ܐܢ | If | Ἐὰν | If | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | εἴπῃ | shall say | ειπη | | | dixerit | dixerit | ? | — | — | εἴπῃ | shall say | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | uenire | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | κακὸς | evil | κακος | | | malus | malus | ? | ܢܐܡܪ | evil | κακὸς | evil | ||||||
| — | δοῦλος | servant | δουλος | | | seruus | servus | ? | ܥܒܕܐ | servant | δοῦλος | servant | ||||||
| — | ἐκεῖνος | that one | εκεινος | | | ille | ille | he/that | ܗܘ | that one | ἐκεῖνος | that one | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | tardat | corde | ? | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | καρδίᾳ | heart | καρδια | | | corde | suo | his/her | ܒܝܫܐ | heart | καρδίᾳ | heart | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ· | of him; | αυτου | | | suo | Moram | ? | ܒܠܒܗ | of him; | αὐτοῦ | of him; | ||||||
| — | χρονίζει | Delays | χρονιζι | | | — | fecit | made/did | ܕܡܪܝ | Delays | Χρονίζει | Delays | ||||||
| — | μου | My | μου | | | — | dominus | lord | — | — | ὁ | My | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | κύριός | <the> | ||||||
| — | κύριος | master | — | | | dms | meus | my | ܡܘܚܪ | master | μου | master | ||||||
| — | ἐλθεῖν, | to come | ελθειν | | | meus | venire | ? | ܠܡܐܬܐ | to come | ἐλθεῖν | to come | ||||||
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