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 | ||||||||||||
ωσπερP35 | It is like | Ὥσπερ | It is like | ωσπερ | | | sicut | Sicut | It is like | ܐܝܟ | It is like | Ὥσπερ | It is like | |||||
γαρP35 | for | γὰρ | for | — | | | eis | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ανθρωποσP35 | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | homo | a man | — | — | ἄνθρωπος | a man | |||||
αποδημωνP35 | going on a journey | ἀποδημῶν | going on a journey | αποδημων | | | peregre | peregre | going on a journey | ܓܝܪ | going on a journey | ἀποδημῶν | going on a journey | |||||
εκαλεσενP35 | who called | ἐκάλεσεν | who called | εκαλεσεν | | | profectus | proficiscens | who called | ܕܚܙܩ | who called | ἐκάλεσεν | who called | |||||
τουσP35 | <the> | τοὺς | <the> | τους | | | suam | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | <the> | |||||
ιδιουσP35 | his own | ἰδίους | his own | ϊδιους | | | uocauit | vocavit | his own | — | — | ἰδίους | his own | |||||
δουλουσP35 | servants | δούλους | servants | δουλους | | | seruos | servos | servants | ܩܪܐ | servants | δούλους | servants | |||||
καιP35 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | suos | suos | and | ܠܥܒܕܘܗܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
παρεδωκενP35 | delivered | παρέδωκεν | delivered | παρεδωκεν | | | et | et | delivered | ܘܐܫܠܡ | delivered | παρέδωκεν | delivered | |||||
αυτοισP35 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | tradidit | tradidit | to them | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
ταP35 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
υπαρχονταP35 | possessions | ὑπάρχοντα | possessions | ϋπαρχοντα | | | — | illis | possessions | ܠܗܘܢ | possessions | ὑπάρχοντα | possessions | |||||
αυτουP35 | of him. | αὐτοῦ. | of him. | αυτου | | | substantiam | bona | of him. | ܩܢܝܢܗ | of him. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | |||||
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