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 | ||||||||||||
ιδουP45 · P75 | Behold | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | Ecce | Behold | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδού | Behold | |||||
διδωμιP45 · P75 | I have given | δέδωκα | I have given | — | | | do | dedi | I have given | ܝܗܒ | I have given | δίδωμι | I have given | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | you | — | — | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
εξουσιανP45 · P75 | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | εξουσιαν | | | potestatem | potestatem | authority | ܐܢܐ | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
πατεινP45 · P75 | to tread | πατεῖν | to tread | πατειν | | | calcetis | calcandi | to tread | ܠܟܘܢ | to tread | πατεῖν | to tread | |||||
επανωP45 · P75 | upon | ἐπάνω | upon | επανω | | | — | — | — | ܫܘܠܛܢܐ | upon | ἐπάνω | upon | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | serpents | ὄφεων | serpents | οφεων | | | super | supra | serpents | — | — | ὄφεων | serpents | |||||
οφεωνP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | serpentes | serpentes | and | ܕܗܘܝܬܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | scorpions | σκορπίων | scorpions | σκορπιων | | | et | et | scorpions | ܕܝܫܝܢ | scorpions | σκορπίων | scorpions | |||||
σκορπιωνP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | scorpiones | scorpiones | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | et | et | upon | ܚܘܘܬܐ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | |||||
επιP45 · P75 | all | πᾶσαν | all | πασαν | | | super | super | all | ܘܥܩܪܒܐ | all | πᾶσαν | all | |||||
πασανP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | ut | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | power | δύναμιν | power | δυναμιν | | | omnem | omnem | power | ܘܟܠܗ | power | δύναμιν | power | |||||
δυναμινP45 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | enemy, | ἐχθροῦ, | enemy, | — | | | uirtutem | virtutem | enemy, | — | — | ἐχθροῦ | enemy, | |||||
εχθρουP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | — | — | ܚܝܠܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | no thing | οὐδὲν | no thing | ουδεν | | | inimici | inimici | no thing | ܕܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ | no thing | οὐδὲν | no thing | |||||
ουδενP45 · P75 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | et | et | you | ܘܡܕܡ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | |||||
υμασP45 · P75 | certainly | οὐ | certainly | — | | | nihil | nihil | certainly | — | — | οὐ | certainly | |||||
ουP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | — | | | uos | vobis | not | ܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | may injure. | ἀδικήσῃ. | may injure. | — | | | nocebit | nocebit | may injure. | ܢܗܪܟܘܢ | may injure. | ἀδικήσῃ | may injure. | |||||
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