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 | ||||||||||||
βασιλισσαP45 · P75 | The Queen | βασίλισσα | The Queen | βασιλισσα | | | regina | Regina | The Queen | ܡܠܟܬܐ | The Queen | Βασίλισσα | The Queen | |||||
νοτουP45 · P75 | of the South | νότου | of the South | νοτου | | | austri | austri | of the South | ܕܬܝܡܢܐ | of the South | νότου | of the South | |||||
εγερθησεταιP45 · P75 | will rise up | ἐγερθήσεται | will rise up | εγερθησεται | | | exsurget | surget | will rise up | ܬܩܘܡ | will rise up | ἐγερθήσεται | will rise up | |||||
μεταP45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | — | in | in | ܒܕܝܢܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | — | | | hic | hic | the | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
ανδρωνP45 · P75 | judgment | κρίσει | judgment | — | | | — | judicio | judgment | — | — | κρίσει | judgment | |||||
τησP45 · P75 | with | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | cum | cum | with | ܥܡ | with | μετὰ | with | |||||
γενεασP45 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | eam | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
ταυτησP45 · P75 | men | ἀνδρῶν | men | ανδρων | | | uiris | viris | men | ܐܢܫܐ | men | ἀνδρῶν | men | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
κατακρινειP45 · P75 | generation | γενεᾶς | generation | γενεας | | | generationis | generationis | generation | ܕܫܪܒܬܐ | generation | γενεᾶς | generation | |||||
αυτηνP45 · P75 | this | ταύτης | this | ταυτης | | | huius | hujus | this | ܗܕܐ | this | ταύτης | this | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܬܚܝܒ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηλθενP45 · P75 | will condemn | κατακρινεῖ | will condemn | κατακρινει | | | condemnabit | condemnabit | will condemn | ܐܢܘܢ | will condemn | κατακρινεῖ | will condemn | |||||
εκP45 · P75 | them; | αὐτούς· | them; | αυτους | | | — | illos | them; | ܕܐܬܬ | them; | αὐτούς | them; | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | For | ὅτι | For | οτι | | | quia | quia | For | — | — | ὅτι | For | |||||
περατωνP45 · P75 | she came | ἦλθεν | she came | ηλθεν | | | uenit | venit | she came | ܡܢ | she came | ἦλθεν | she came | |||||
τησP45 · P75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | — | a | from | ܥܒܪܝܗ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
γησP45 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | de | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
ακουσαιP45 · P75 | ends | περάτων | ends | περατων | | | finibus | finibus | ends | ܕܐܪܥܐ | ends | περάτων | ends | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
σοφιανP45 · P75 | earth | γῆς | earth | γης | | | terrae | terræ | earth | ܕܬܫܡܥ | earth | γῆς | earth | |||||
σολομωνοσP45 · P75 | to hear | ἀκοῦσαι | to hear | ακουσαι | | | audire | audire | to hear | ܚܟܡܬܗ | to hear | ἀκοῦσαι | to hear | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
ιδουP45 · P75 | wisdom | σοφίαν | wisdom | σοφιαν | | | sapientiam | sapientiam | wisdom | ܕܫܠܝܡܘܢ | wisdom | σοφίαν | wisdom | |||||
πλειονP45 · P75 | of Solomon, | Σολομῶνος, | of Solomon, | σολομωνος | | | salomonis | Salomonis | of Solomon, | ܘܗܐ | of Solomon, | Σολομῶνος | of Solomon, | |||||
σολομωνοσP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ωδεP45 · P75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
πλεῖονP45 · P75 | greater | πλεῖον | greater | — | | | plus | plus | greater | ܡܢ | greater | πλεῖον | greater | |||||
ΣολομῶνοςP45 · P75 | than Solomon | Σολομῶνος | than Solomon | σολομωνος | | | quam | quam | than Solomon | ܫܠܝܡܘܢ | than Solomon | Σολομῶνος | than Solomon | |||||
ὧδε.¶P45 · P75 | here. | ὧδε.¶ | here. | ωδε | | | solomon | Salomon | here. | ܗܪܟܐ | here. | ὧδε | here. | |||||
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