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 | ||||||||||||
εκερδησαP35 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܩܪܒ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
προσελθὼνP35 | having come | προσελθὼν | having come | προσελθων | | | accedens | accedens | having come | ܗܘ | having come | προσελθὼν | having come | |||||
ὁP35 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | dme | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
τὰP35 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
πέντεP35 | five | πέντε | five | πεντε | | | qui | qui | five | ܕܢܤܒ | five | πέντε | five | |||||
τάλανταP35 | talents | τάλαντα | talents | ταλαντα | | | quinque | quinque | talents | ܗܘܐ | talents | τάλαντα | talents | |||||
λαβὼνP35 | having received | λαβὼν | having received | λαβων | | | talanta | talenta | having received | ܚܡܫ | having received | λαβὼν | having received | |||||
προσήνεγκενP35 | he brought to him | προσήνεγκεν | he brought to him | προσηνεγκεν | | | acceperat | acceperat | he brought to him | — | — | προσήνεγκεν | he brought to him | |||||
ἄλλαP35 | other | ἄλλα | other | αλλα | | | obtulit | obtulit | other | ܐܠܐ | but | ἄλλα | other | |||||
πέντεP35 | five | πέντε | five | πεντε | | | alia | alia | five | ܘܩܪܒ | five | πέντε | five | |||||
τάλανταP35 | talents | τάλαντα | talents | ταλαντα | | | quinque | quinque | talents | ܚܡܫ | talents | τάλαντα | talents | |||||
λέγων·P35 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | talanta | talenta | saying; | ܐܚܪܢܝܢ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||
κύριε,P35 | Master, | κύριε, | Master, | — | | | — | — | — | ܘܐܡܪ | Master, | Κύριε | Master, | |||||
πέντεP35 | five | πέντε | five | πεντε | | | dicens | dicens | five | ܡܪܝ | five | πέντε | five | |||||
τάλαντάP35 | talents | τάλαντά | talents | ταλαντα | | | talantas | Domine | talents | ܚܡܫ | talents | τάλαντά | talents | |||||
μοιP35 | to me | μοι | to me | μοι | | | quinque | quinque | to me | ܟܟܪܝܢ | to me | μοι | to me | |||||
παρέδωκας·P35 | you did deliver; | παρέδωκας· | you did deliver; | παρεδωκας | | | talanta | talenta | you did deliver; | ܝܗܒܬ | you did deliver; | παρέδωκας | you did deliver; | |||||
ἴδεP35 | Behold | ἴδε | Behold | ειδε | | | tradidisti | tradidisti | Behold | ܠܝ | Behold | ἴδε | Behold | |||||
ἄλλαP35 | more | ἄλλα | more | αλλα | | | mihi | mihi | more | ܐܠܐ | but | ἄλλα | more | |||||
πέντεP35 | five | πέντε | five | πεντε | | | ecce | ecce | five | ܗܐ | five | πέντε | five | |||||
τάλανταP35 | talents | τάλαντα | talents | ταλαντα | | | alia | alia | talents | ܚܡܫ | talents | τάλαντα | talents | |||||
ἐκέρδησαP35 | I gained | ἐκέρδησα | I gained | — | | | quinque | quinque | I gained | ܐܚܪܢܝܢ | I gained | ἐκέρδησα | I gained | |||||
ἐπ᾽P35 | upon | ἐπ᾽ | upon | — | | | superlucratus | superlucratus | upon | ܐܬܬܓܪܬ | upon | ἐπ’ | upon | |||||
αὐτοῖς.P35 | them. | αὐτοῖς. | them. | — | | | sum | sum | them. | ܥܠܝܗܝܢ | them. | αὐτοῖς | them. | |||||
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