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 | ||||||||||||
υπαγετεP75 | do go; | ὑπάγετε· | do go; | — | | | ite | Ite | do go; | ܙܠܘ | do go; | Ὑπάγετε | do go; | |||||
ιδουP75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
αποστελλωP75 | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | |||||
υμασP75 | I send forth | ἀποστέλλω | I send forth | αποστελλω | | | mitto | mitto | I send forth | ܡܫܕܪ | I send forth | ἀποστέλλω | I send forth | |||||
ωσP75 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | medio | — | — | ܐܢܐ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | |||||
αρνασP75 | as | ὡς | as | ως | | | uos | vos | as | ܠܟܘܢ | as | ὡς | as | |||||
ενP75 | lambs | ἄρνας | lambs | αρνας | | | sicut | sicut | lambs | ܐܝܟ | lambs | ἄρνας | lambs | |||||
μεσωP75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | agnos | agnos | in | ܐܡܪܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
λυκωνP75 | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | — | | | in | inter | the midst | ܒܝܢܝ | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | |||||
λύκων.P75 | of wolves. | λύκων. | of wolves. | λυκων | | | luporum | lupos | of wolves. | ܕܐܒܐ | of wolves. | λύκων | of wolves. | |||||
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