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 | ||||||||||||
μηP2 · P66 · P75 | Not | μὴ | Not | μη | | | noli | Noli | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | |||||
φοβουP2 · P66 · P75 | do fear | φοβοῦ | do fear | φοβου | | | timere | timere | do fear | ܬܕܚܠܝܢ | do fear | φοβοῦ | do fear | |||||
θυγατηρP2 · P66 · P75 | daughter | θυγάτηρ | daughter | θυγατηρ | | | filia | filia | daughter | ܒܪܬ | daughter | θύγατερ | daughter | |||||
σειωνP2 · P66 · P75 | of Zion; | Σιών· | of Zion; | σιων | | | sion | Sion | of Zion; | ܨܗܝܘܢ | of Zion; | Σιών | of Zion; | |||||
ιδουP2 · P66 · P75 | Behold | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | Behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | Behold | |||||
οP2 · P66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
βασιλευσP2 · P66 · P75 | King | βασιλεύς | King | βασιλευς | | | rex | rex | King | ܐܬܐ | King | βασιλεύς | King | |||||
σουP2 · P66 · P75 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tuus | tuus | of you | ܠܟܝ | of you | σου | of you | |||||
ερχεταιP2 · P66 · P75 | comes | ἔρχεται | comes | ερχεται | | | uenit | venit | comes | ܘܪܟܝܒ | comes | ἔρχεται | comes | |||||
καθημενοσP2 · P66 · P75 | sitting | καθήμενος | sitting | καθημενος | | | sedens | sedens | sitting | ܥܠ | sitting | καθήμενος | sitting | |||||
επιP2 · P66 · P75 | on | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | super | super | on | ܥܝܠܐ | on | ἐπὶ | on | |||||
πωλονP2 · P66 · P75 | a colt | πῶλον | a colt | πωλον | | | pullum | pullum | a colt | ܒܪ | a colt | πῶλον | a colt | |||||
ονουP2 · P66 · P75 | of a donkey. | ὄνου. | of a donkey. | ονου | | | asinae | asinæ | of a donkey. | ܐܬܢܐ | of a donkey. | ὄνου | of a donkey. | |||||
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