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 | ||||||||||||
εισP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܠܐܝܕܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ηνP45 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܡܕܝܢܬܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
εανP45 · P75 | whatever | ἣν | whatever | ην | | | quamcumque | quamcumque | whatever | — | — | ἣν | whatever | |||||
πολινP45 · P75 | now | δ᾽ | now | — | | | ciuitatem | civitatem | now | ܕܥܐܠܝܢ | now | ἂν | now | |||||
εισερχησθεP45 · P75 | maybe | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | intraueritis | intraveritis | maybe | ܐܢܬܘܢ | maybe | πόλιν | maybe | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | city | πόλιν | city | πολιν | | | et | et | city | ܘܡܩܒܠܝܢ | city | εἰσέρχησθε | city | |||||
δεχωνταιP45 · P75 | you may enter, | εἰσέρχησθε, | you may enter, | εισερχησθε | | | acceperint | — | — | — | — | καὶ | you may enter, | |||||
υμασP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | susceperint | and | ܠܟܘܢ | and | δέχωνται | and | |||||
εσθειετεP45 · P75 | they may receive | δέχωνται | they may receive | δεχωνται | | | uos | vos | they may receive | ܠܥܤܘ | they may receive | ὑμᾶς | they may receive | |||||
ταP45 · P75 | you, | ὑμᾶς, | you, | ϋμας | | | edite | manducate | you, | ܡܕܡ | you, | ἐσθίετε | you, | |||||
παρατιθεμεναP45 · P75 | do eat | ἐσθίετε | do eat | εσθιετε | | | quae | quæ | do eat | — | — | τὰ | do eat | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | the things | τὰ | the things | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | παρατιθέμενα | the things | |||||
παρατιθέμεναP45 · P75 | set before | παρατιθέμενα | set before | παρατιθεμενα | | | adponuntur | apponuntur | set before | ܕܡܬܬܤܝܡ | set before | ὑμῖν | set before | |||||
ὑμῖνP45 · P75 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | you | ܠܟܘܢ | you | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
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