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 | ||||||||||||
| — | μετὰ | After | μετα | | | post | Post | After | ܒܬܪ | After | Μετὰ | After | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | multum | multum | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | πολὺν | much | πολυν | | | autem | vero | much | ܙܒܢܐ | much | χρόνον | much | ||||||
| — | χρόνον | time | χρονον | | | tempus | temporis | time | — | — | πολὺν | time | ||||||
| — | ἔρχεται | comes | ερχεται | | | uenit | venit | comes | ܤܓܝܐܐ | comes | ἔρχεται | comes | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | κύριος | master | — | | | dms | dominus | master | ܐܬܐ | master | κύριος | master | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | δούλων | servants | δουλων | | | seruorum | servorum | servants | ܡܪܗܘܢ | servants | δούλων | servants | ||||||
| — | ἐκείνων | those | εκεινων | | | illorum | illorum | those | ܕܥܒܕܐ | those | ἐκείνων | those | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܗܢܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | συναίρει | takes | — | | | tollit | posuit | takes | — | — | συναίρει | takes | ||||||
| — | λόγον | account | λογον | | | rationem | rationem | account | ܘܢܤܒ | account | μετ’ | account | ||||||
| — | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | cum | cum | with | ܡܢܗܘܢ | with | αὐτῶν | with | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν. | them. | αυτων | | | eis | eis | them. | ܚܘܫܒܢܐ | them. | λόγον | them. | ||||||
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