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 | ||||||||||||
λεγωP45 · P75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | Dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | Λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | uobis | vobis | now | ܕܝܢ | but | ὑμῖν | now | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | quoniam | quia | to you | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὅτι | to you | |||||
σοδομοισP45 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | sodomis | Sodomis | that | — | — | Σοδόμοις | that | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | for Sodom | Σοδόμοις | for Sodom | σοδομοις | | | in | in | for Sodom | ܕܠܤܕܘܡ | for Sodom | ἐν | for Sodom | |||||
τηιP45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | — | die | in | ܢܗܘܐ | in | τῇ | in | |||||
ημεραP45 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | — | | | tolerabilius | — | — | — | — | ἡμέρᾳ | the | |||||
εκεινηιP45 · P75 | day | ἡμέρᾳ | day | — | | | — | — | — | ܢܝܚ | day | ἐκείνῃ | day | |||||
ανεκτοτερονP45 · P75 | that | ἐκείνῃ | that | — | | | regno | illa | that | ܒܝܘܡܐ | that | ἀνεκτότερον | that | |||||
εσταιP45 · P75 | more tolerable | ἀνεκτότερον | more tolerable | ανεκτοτερον | | | — | remissius | more tolerable | ܗܘ | more tolerable | ἔσται | more tolerable | |||||
ηP45 · P75 | it will be | ἔσται | it will be | εσται | | | erit | erit | it will be | — | — | ἢ | it will be | |||||
τηιP45 · P75 | than | ἢ | than | — | | | quam | — | — | — | — | τῇ | than | |||||
πολειP45 · P75 | <the> | τῇ | <the> | τη | | | dei | — | — | — | — | πόλει | <the> | |||||
εκεινηιP45 · P75 | city | πόλει | city | πολει | | | illi | illi | city | ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ | city | ἐκείνῃ | city | |||||
ἐκείνῃ.¶P45 · P75 | for that. | ἐκείνῃ.¶ | for that. | εκεινη | | | ciuitati | civitati | for that. | ܗܝ | for that. | ἐκείνῃ.¶ | for that. | |||||
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