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 | ||||||||||||
ουαιP45 · P75 | Woe | Οὐαὶ | Woe | ουαι | | | uae | Væ | Woe | ܘܝ | Woe | Οὐαὶ | Woe | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
τοισP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῖς | <the> | — | | | foro | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | <the> | |||||
φαρεισαιοισP45 · P75 | Pharisees, | Φαρισαίοις, | Pharisees, | φαρισαιοι | | | pharisaei | pharisæis | Pharisees, | ܦܪܝܫܐ | Pharisees, | Φαρισαίοις | Pharisees, | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | quia | quia | for | — | — | ὅτι | for | |||||
αγαπατεP45 · P75 | you love | ἀγαπᾶτε | you love | αγαπατε | | | diligitis | diligitis | you love | ܕܪܚܡܝܢ | you love | ἀγαπᾶτε | you love | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | sessiones | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
πρωτοκαθεδριανP45 · P75 | first seat | πρωτοκαθεδρίαν | first seat | πρωτοκαθεδριαν | | | primas | primas | first seat | ܐܢܬܘܢ | first seat | πρωτοκαθεδρίαν | first seat | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | et | cathedras | in | ܪܝܫ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ταισP45 · P75 | the | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | ad | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | |||||
συναγωγαισP45 · P75 | synagogues | συναγωγαῖς | synagogues | συναγωγαις | | | in | in | synagogues | ܡܘܬܒܐ | synagogues | συναγωγαῖς | synagogues | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | synagogis | synagogis | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
τουσP45 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | cubitos | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
ασπασμουσP45 · P75 | greetings | ἀσπασμοὺς | greetings | ασπασμους | | | et | et | greetings | ܒܟܢܘܫܬܐ | greetings | ἀσπασμοὺς | greetings | |||||
ενP45 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | salutationes | salutationes | in | ܘܫܠܡܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τηιP45 · P75 | the | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | — | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | |||||
αγοραP45 · P75 | marketplaces. | ἀγοραῖς.¶ | marketplaces. | αγοραις | | | in | in | marketplaces. | ܒܫܘܩܐ | marketplaces. | ἀγοραῖς | marketplaces. | |||||
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