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 | ||||||||||||
| — | πέντε | Five | πεντε | | | quinque | Quinque | Five | ܚܡܫ | Five | Πέντε | Five | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | ex | ex | of | — | — | ἦσαν | of | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | them | αυτων | | | his | eis | them | ܡܢܗܝܢ | them | ἐξ | them | ||||||
| — | ἦσαν | were | ησαν | | | erant | erant | were | ܚܟܝܡܢ | were | αὐτῶν | were | ||||||
| — | μωραὶ | foolish | μωραι | | | — | fatuæ | foolish | ܗܘܝ | foolish | φρόνιμοι | foolish | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | αἱ | the other | — | | | stultae | — | — | — | — | αἱ | the other | ||||||
| — | πέντε | five | πεντε | | | quinque | quinque | five | ܘܚܡܫ | five | πέντε | five | ||||||
| — | φρόνιμοι· | wise; | φρονιμοι | | | sapientes | prudentes | wise; | ܤܟܠܢ | wise; | μωραί | wise; | ||||||
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