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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
αλλP45 · P75 | But | Ἀλλ᾽ | But | — | | | sed | Sed | but | ܐܠܐ | But | Ἀλλ’ | But | |||||
ουαιP45 · P75 | woe | οὐαὶ | woe | ουαι | | | uae | v | ? | ܘܝ | woe | οὐαὶ | woe | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | ? | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
φαρεισαιοισP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῖς | <the> | τοις | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | <the> | |||||
αποδεκατουτεP45 · P75 | Pharisees, | Φαρισαίοις, | Pharisees, | φαρισαιοις | | | pharisaeis | pharis | ? | ܦܪܝܫܐ | Pharisees, | Φαρισαίοις | Pharisees, | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | — | is | ? | ܕܡܥܤܪܝܢ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
ηδυοσμονP45 · P75 | you pay tithes of | ἀποδεκατοῦτε | you pay tithes of | αποδεκατουτε | | | decimatis | quia | because/that | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you pay tithes of | ἀποδεκατοῦτε | you pay tithes of | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | mint | ἡδύοσμον | mint | ηδυοσμον | | | menta | mentham | ? | ܢܢܥܐ | mint | ἡδύοσμον | mint | |||||
ανηθονP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܦܓܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
πανP45 · P75 | rue | πήγανον | rue | πηγανον | | | rutam | et | and | ܘܟܠ | rue | πήγανον | rue | |||||
λαχανονP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | omne | ? | ܝܘܪܩ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | every | πᾶν | every | παν | | | omne | olus | ? | ܘܥܒܪܝܢ | every | πᾶν | every | |||||
παρερχεσθεP45 · P75 | herb | λάχανον | herb | λαχανον | | | — | et | and | ܐܢܬܘܢ | herb | λάχανον | herb | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | pr | ? | ܥܠ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
κρισινP45 · P75 | you pass by | παρέρχεσθε | you pass by | — | | | — | teritis | ? | ܕܝܢܐ | you pass by | παρέρχεσθε | you pass by | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | justice | κρίσιν | justice | κρισιν | | | iudicium | et | and | ܘܥܠ | justice | κρίσιν | justice | |||||
αγαπηνP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | caritatem | ? | ܚܘܒܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
θυP45 · P75 | love | ἀγάπην | love | αγαπην | | | caritatem | h | ? | ܕܐܠܗܐ | love | ἀγάπην | love | |||||
ταυταP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | holus | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | of God; | θεοῦ· | of God; | θυ | | | dei | c | ? | ܗܠܝܢ | of God; | θεοῦ | of God; | |||||
εδειP45 · P75 | These things | ταῦτα | These things | — | | | — | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | These things | ταῦτα | These things | |||||
ποιησαιP45 · P75 | also | δὲ | also | — | | | — | oportuit | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | ἔδει | also | |||||
κακειναP45 · P75 | it was necessary for you | ἔδει | it was necessary for you | — | | | — | facere | ? | ܗܘܐ | it was necessary for you | ποιῆσαι | it was necessary for you | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | to do, | ποιῆσαι, | to do, | — | | | — | et | and | ܕܬܥܒܕܘܢ | to do, | κἀκεῖνα | to do, | |||||
αφειναιP45 · P75 | and those | κἀκεῖνα | and those | — | | | — | illa | she/that | ܘܗܠܝܢ | and those | μὴ | and those | |||||
μὴP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | — | | | — | non | not | ܠܐ | not | ἀφιέναι | not | |||||
παρεῖναι.¶P45 · P75 | to neglect. | παρεῖναι.¶ | to neglect. | — | | | praeteritis | omittere | ? | ܬܫܒܩܘܢ | to neglect. | παρεῖναι.¶ | to neglect. | |||||
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