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 | ||||||||||||
μηP75 | Neither | μὴ | Neither | μη | | | nolite | Nolite | Neither | ܠܐ | Neither | Μὴ | Neither | |||||
βασταζετεP75 | do carry | βαστάζετε | do carry | βασταζετε | | | baiolare | portare | do carry | ܬܫܩܠܘܢ | do carry | βαστάζετε | do carry | |||||
βαλλαντιονP75 | purse | βαλλάντιον | purse | βαλλαντιον | | | sacellu | sacculum | purse | ܠܟܘܢ | purse | βαλάντιον | purse | |||||
μηP75 | nor | μὴ | nor | μη | | | non | neque | nor | ܟܝܤܐ | nor | μὴ | nor | |||||
πηρανP75 | bag | πήραν | bag | πηραν | | | peram | peram | bag | ܘܠܐ | bag | πήραν | bag | |||||
μηP75 | nor | μὴ | nor | μη | | | — | neque | nor | ܬܪܡܠܐ | nor | μηδὲ | nor | |||||
υποδηματαP75 | sandals, | ὑποδήματα, | sandals, | ϋποδηματα | | | calciamenta | calceamenta | sandals, | ܘܠܐ | sandals, | ὑποδήματα | sandals, | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܡܤܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μηδεναP75 | no one | μηδένα | no one | μηδενα | | | neminem | neminem | no one | ܘܒܫܠܡܐ | no one | μηδένα | no one | |||||
καταP75 | on | κατὰ | on | κατα | | | non | per | on | ܕܐܢܫ | on | κατὰ | on | |||||
τηνP75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | in | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
οδονP75 | road | ὁδὸν | road | οδον | | | uiam | viam | road | ܠܐ | road | ὁδὸν | road | |||||
ασπασησθεP75 | may greet. | ἀσπάσησθε. | may greet. | ασπασησθε | | | salutaueritis | salutaveritis | may greet. | ܬܫܐܠܘܢ | may greet. | ἀσπάσησθε | may greet. | |||||
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