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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| — | ἀποκριθήσονται | will answer | αποκριθησονται | | | respondebunt | respondebunt | will answer | ܢܐܡܪܘܢ | will answer | ἀποκριθήσονται | will answer | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | ei | ei | Him | ܠܗ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | iusti | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | δίκαιοι | righteous | δικαιοι | | | dicentes | dicentes | righteous | ܗܢܘܢ | righteous | δίκαιοι | righteous | ||||||
| — | λέγοντες· | saying; | λεγοντες | | | dme | Domine | saying; | ܙܕܝܩܐ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | ||||||
| — | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | quando | quando | Lord, | ܡܪܢ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | ||||||
| — | πότε | when | ποτε | | | te | te | when | ܐܡܬܝ | when | πότε | when | ||||||
| — | σε | You | σε | | | uidimus | vidimus | You | — | — | σὲ | You | ||||||
| — | εἴδομεν | saw we | ειδομεν | | | esurientem | esurientem | saw we | ܚܙܝܢܟ | saw we | εἴδομεν | saw we | ||||||
| — | πεινῶντα | hungering | πεινωντα | | | et | et | hungering | ܕܟܦܢ | hungering | πεινῶντα | hungering | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | pauimus | pavimus | and | ܐܢܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐθρέψαμεν | fed You | εθρεψαμεν | | | — | te | fed You | ܘܬܪܤܝܢܟ | fed You | ἐθρέψαμεν | fed You | ||||||
| — | ἢ | Or | η | | | sitientem | — | — | — | — | Ἢ | Or | ||||||
| — | διψῶντα | thirsting | δειψωντα | | | et | et | thirsting | ܕܨܗܐ | thirsting | διψῶντα | thirsting | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | aut | dedimus | and | ܐܢܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐποτίσαμεν; | gave You to drink? | εποτισαμεν | | | potauimus | tibi | gave You to drink? | ܘܐܫܩܝܢܟ | gave You to drink? | ἐποτίσαμεν | gave You to drink? | ||||||
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