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 | ||||||||||||
αἱP44 | <the> | αἱ | <the> | αι | | | stultae | — | — | — | — | Αἱ | <the> | |||||
δὲP44 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | — | Fatuæ | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
μωραὶP44 | the foolish | μωραὶ | the foolish | μωραι | | | autem | autem | the foolish | ܕܝܢ | the foolish | μωραὶ | the foolish | |||||
ταῖςP44 | to the | ταῖς | to the | ταις | | | — | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | to the | |||||
φρονίμοιςP44 | wise | φρονίμοις | wise | φρονιμοις | | | sapientibus | sapientibus | wise | ܗܢܝܢ | wise | φρονίμοις | wise | |||||
εἶπαν·P44 | said; | εἶπαν· | said; | — | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | said; | ܤܟܠܬܐ | said; | εἶπον | said; | |||||
δότεP44 | do give | δότε | do give | δοτε | | | date | Date | do give | ܠܚܟܝܡܬܐ | do give | Δότε | do give | |||||
ἡμῖνP44 | us | ἡμῖν | us | ημειν | | | nobis | nobis | us | ܗܒܝܢ | us | ἡμῖν | us | |||||
ἐκP44 | of | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | de | de | of | ܠܢ | of | ἐκ | of | |||||
τοῦP44 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
ἐλαίουP44 | oil | ἐλαίου | oil | — | | | oleo | oleo | oil | ܡܢ | oil | ἐλαίου | oil | |||||
ὑμῶν,P44 | of you, | ὑμῶν, | of you, | ϋμων | | | uestro | vestro | of you, | ܡܫܚܟܝܢ | of you, | ὑμῶν | of you, | |||||
ὅτιP44 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | quia | quia | for | ܕܗܐ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
αἱP44 | the | αἱ | the | αι | | | — | — | — | — | — | αἱ | the | |||||
λαμπάδεςP44 | lamps | λαμπάδες | lamps | λαμπαδες | | | lampadae | lampades | lamps | ܕܥܟܘ | lamps | λαμπάδες | lamps | |||||
ἡμῶνP44 | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | ημων | | | nostrae | nostræ | of us | ܠܗܘܢ | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | |||||
σβέννυνται.¶P44 | are going out. | σβέννυνται.¶ | are going out. | — | | | extinguntur | extinguuntur | are going out. | ܠܡܦܕܝܢ | are going out. | σβέννυνται | are going out. | |||||
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