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 | ||||||||||||
πληνP45 · P75 | But of | πλὴν | But of | πλην | | | uerumtamen | Verumtamen | But of | ܒܪܡ | But of | Πλὴν | But of | |||||
ταP45 · P75 | the things | τὰ | the things | τα | | | quae | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the things | |||||
ενονταP45 · P75 | being within | ἐνόντα | being within | ενοντα | | | misericordiam | superest | being within | ܡܕܡ | being within | ἐνόντα | being within | |||||
δοτεP45 · P75 | do give | δότε | do give | δοτε | | | date | date | do give | ܕܐܝܬ | do give | δότε | do give | |||||
ελεημοσυνηνP45 · P75 | alms, | ἐλεημοσύνην, | alms, | ελεημοσυνην | | | — | eleemosynam | alms, | ܗܒܘܗܝ | alms, | ἐλεημοσύνην | alms, | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܒܙܕܩܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιδουP45 · P75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | |||||
πανταP45 · P75 | all things | πάντα | all things | παντα | | | omnia | omnia | all things | ܟܠܡܕܡ | all things | πάντα | all things | |||||
καθαραP45 · P75 | clean | καθαρὰ | clean | καθαρα | | | munda | munda | clean | ܕܟܐ | clean | καθαρὰ | clean | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | sunt | sunt | to you | ܗܘ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
εσταιP45 · P75 | are. | ἐστιν.¶ | are. | — | | | uobis | vobis | are. | ܠܟܘܢ | are. | ἐστιν | are. | |||||
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