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 | ||||||||||||
ειP66 · P75 | If | εἰ | If | ει | | | si | Si | If | ܐܢ | If | Εἰ | If | |||||
περιτομηνP66 · P75 | circumcision | περιτομὴν | circumcision | περιτομην | | | circumcisionem | circumcisionem | circumcision | ܒܪܢܫܐ | circumcision | περιτομὴν | circumcision | |||||
λαμβανειP66 · P75 | receives | λαμβάνει | receives | λαμβανει | | | accipit | accipit | receives | ܡܬܓܙܪ | receives | λαμβάνει | receives | |||||
ανοσP66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | ergo | — | — | — | — | ἄνθρωπος | <the> | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | homo | a man | ܒܝܘܡܐ | a man | ἐν | a man | |||||
σαββατωP66 · P75 | on | ἐν | on | εν | | | in | in | on | ܕܫܒܬܐ | on | σαββάτῳ | on | |||||
ιναP66 · P75 | Sabbath | σαββάτῳ | Sabbath | σαββατω | | | sabbato | sabbato | Sabbath | — | — | ἵνα | Sabbath | |||||
μηP66 · P75 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | so that | ܡܛܠ | so that | μὴ | so that | |||||
λυθηP66 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܕܠܐ | not | λυθῇ | not | |||||
οP66 · P75 | shall be broken | λυθῇ | shall be broken | λυθη | | | solbatur | solvatur | shall be broken | ܢܫܬܪܐ | shall be broken | ὁ | shall be broken | |||||
νομοσP66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | ex | — | — | — | — | νόμος | the | |||||
οP66 · P75 | law | νόμος | law | νομος | | | quomodo | lex | law | ܢܡܘܤܐ | law | Μωσέως | law | |||||
μωυσεωσP66 · P75 | of Moses, | Μωϋσέως, | of Moses, | μωϋσεως | | | moysi | Moysi | of Moses, | ܕܡܘܫܐ | of Moses, | ἐμοὶ | of Moses, | |||||
εμοιP66 · P75 | with Me myself | ἐμοὶ | with Me myself | εμοι | | | mihi | mihi | with Me myself | ܥܠܝ | with Me myself | χολᾶτε | with Me myself | |||||
χολαταιP66 · P75 | are you angry | χολᾶτε | are you angry | χολατε | | | in | indignamini | are you angry | ܪܛܢܝܢ | are you angry | ὅτι | are you angry | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | irasmini | quia | because | ܐܢܬܘܢ | because | ὅλον | because | |||||
ολονP66 · P75 | entirely | ὅλον | entirely | ολον | | | totum | totum | entirely | — | — | ἄνθρωπον | entirely | |||||
ανθρωπονP66 · P75 | a man | ἄνθρωπον | a man | ανθρωπον | | | hominem | hominem | a man | ܕܟܠܗ | a man | ὑγιῆ | a man | |||||
υγιηP66 · P75 | sound | ὑγιῆ | sound | ϋγιη | | | sanum | sanum | sound | ܒܪܢܫܐ | sound | ἐποίησα | sound | |||||
εποιησαP66 · P75 | I made | ἐποίησα | I made | εποιησα | | | feci | feci | I made | ܐܚܠܡܬ | I made | ἐν | I made | |||||
ενP66 · P75 | on | ἐν | on | εν | | | quod | in | on | ܒܝܘܡܐ | on | σαββάτῳ | on | |||||
σαββατωP66 · P75 | the Sabbath? | σαββάτῳ; | the Sabbath? | σαββατω | | | sabbato | sabbato | the Sabbath? | ܕܫܒܬܐ | the Sabbath? | σαββάτῳ; | the Sabbath? | |||||
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