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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܐܤܘ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
θεραπευετεP45 · P75 | do heal | θεραπεύετε | do heal | θεραπευετε | | | curate | curate | do heal | ܠܐܝܠܝܢ | do heal | θεραπεύετε | do heal | |||||
τουσP45 · P75 | <the> | τοὺς | <the> | — | | | regnum | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | <the> | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | infirmos | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
αυτηιP45 · P75 | it | αὐτῇ | it | αυτη | | | qui | qui | it | ܕܟܪܝܗܝܢ | it | αὐτῇ | it | |||||
ασθενεισP45 · P75 | the sick | ἀσθενεῖς | the sick | — | | | infirmi | in | the sick | ܒܗ | the sick | ἀσθενεῖς | the sick | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | ea | illa | and | ܘܐܡܪܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
λεγετεP45 · P75 | do say | λέγετε | do say | λεγετε | | | sunt | sunt | do say | — | — | λέγετε | do say | |||||
αυτοισP45 · P75 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | et | et | to them; | ܠܗܘܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
ηγγικενP45 · P75 | Has drawn near | ἤγγικεν | Has drawn near | ηγγικεν | | | dicite | dicite | Has drawn near | ܩܪܒܬ | Has drawn near | Ἤγγικεν | Has drawn near | |||||
εφP45 · P75 | to | ἐφ᾽ | to | εφ | | | illis | illis | to | ܥܠܝܟܘܢ | to | ἐφ’ | to | |||||
υμασP45 · P75 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | υμας | | | — | Appropinquavit | you | — | — | ὑμᾶς | you | |||||
ηP45 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | dei | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
βασιλειαP45 · P75 | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | adpropiauit | in | kingdom | ܡܠܟܘܬܗ | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | super | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP45 · P75 | of God. | θεοῦ. | of God. | θυ | | | uos | vos | of God. | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God. | θεοῦ | of God. | |||||
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