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 | ||||||||||||
τωιP45 | <the> | Τοῦ | <the> | του | | | leprosi | — | — | — | — | Τοῦ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | ihu | Cum | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ιηP45 | of Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | of Jesus | ιηυ | | | autem | autem | of Jesus | ܗܘܐ | of Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | of Jesus | |||||
γενομενουP45 | having been | γενομένου | having been | γενομενου | | | — | Jesus | having been | ܝܫܘܥ | having been | γενομένου | having been | |||||
ενP45 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | — | esset | in | ܒܒܝܬ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
βηθανιαP45 | Bethany | Βηθανίᾳ | Bethany | βηθανια | | | in | in | Bethany | — | — | Βηθανίᾳ | Bethany | |||||
ενP45 | in the | ἐν | in the | εν | | | bethania | Bethania | in the | ܥܢܝܐ | in the | ἐν | in the | |||||
οικιαP45 | house | οἰκίᾳ | house | οικεια | | | in | in | house | ܒܒܝܬܗ | house | οἰκίᾳ | house | |||||
σιμωνοσP45 | of Simon | Σίμωνος | of Simon | σιμωνος | | | domo | domo | of Simon | ܕܫܡܥܘܢ | of Simon | Σίμωνος | of Simon | |||||
τουP45 | the | τοῦ | the | του | | | facto | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
λεγομενουP45 | leper | λεπροῦ | leper | — | | | simonis | Simonis | leper | ܓܪܒܐ | leper | λεπροῦ | leper | |||||
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