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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܟܪܝܬ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | λυπούμενοι | being grieved | λυπουμενοι | | | contristati | contristati | being grieved | ܠܗܘܢ | being grieved | λυπούμενοι | being grieved | ||||||
| — | σφόδρα | exceedingly | σφοδρα | | | coeperunt | — | — | ܛܒ | exceedingly | σφόδρα | exceedingly | ||||||
| — | ἤρξαντο | they began | ηρξαντο | | | ualde | valde | they began | ܘܫܪܝܘ | they began | ἤρξαντο | they began | ||||||
| — | λέγειν | to say | λεγειν | | | — | cœperunt | to say | ܠܡܐܡܪ | to say | λέγειν | to say | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | — | | | unusquisque | singuli | to Him | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | ||||||
| — | εἷς | one | εις | | | eorum | — | — | — | — | ἕκαστος | one | ||||||
| — | ἕκαστος | each | εκαστος | | | dicere | dicere | each | ܚܕ | each | αὐτῶν | each | ||||||
αυτωP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | of them: | αὐτῶν· | of them: | αυτων | | | numquid | Numquid | of them: | ܚܕ | of them: | Μήτι | of them: | |||||
μητιP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | surely not ever | μήτι | surely not ever | μητι | | | ego | ego | surely not ever | ܡܢܗܘܢ | surely not ever | ἐγώ | surely not ever | |||||
εγωP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | I myself | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | — | — | — | ܠܡܐ | I myself | εἰμι | I myself | |||||
ειμιP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | is it, | εἰμι, | is it, | ειμι | | | sum | sum | is it, | ܐܢܐ | is it, | κύριε | is it, | |||||
κεP37 · P45 · P64+P67 | Lord? | κύριε;¶ | Lord? | — | | | dmi | Domine | Lord? | ܡܪܝ | Lord? | κύριε;¶ | Lord? | |||||
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