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 | ||||||||||||
τονP75 | The | τὸν | The | τον | | | cottidianum | — | — | — | — | Τὸν | The | |||||
αρτονP75 | bread | ἄρτον | bread | αρτον | | | panem | Panem | bread | ܗܒ | bread | ἄρτον | bread | |||||
ημωνP75 | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | ημων | | | nostrum | nostrum | of us | — | — | ἡμῶν | of us | |||||
τονP75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
επιουσιονP75 | daily | ἐπιούσιον | daily | επιουσιον | | | — | quotidianum | daily | ܠܢ | daily | ἐπιούσιον | daily | |||||
διδουP75 | do give | δίδου | do give | — | | | — | — | — | ܠܚܡܐ | do give | δίδου | do give | |||||
ημινP75 | us | ἡμῖν | us | ημειν | | | da | da | us | — | — | ἡμῖν | us | |||||
τοP75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
καθP75 | each | καθ᾽ | each | — | | | nobis | nobis | each | ܕܤܘܢܩܢܢ | each | καθ’ | each | |||||
ημερανP75 | day; | ἡμέραν· | day; | — | | | hodie | hodie | day; | ܟܠܝܘܡ | day; | ἡμέραν | day; | |||||
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