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 | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | γραμματεις | | | quia | quia | scribes | ܤܦܪܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | |||||
ωσP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | scribae | — | — | ܘܦܪܝܫܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εστεP45 · P75 | Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | φαρισαιοι | | | estis | estis | Pharisees | ܢܤܒܝ | Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | |||||
μνημειαP45 · P75 | hypocrites | ὑποκριταί, | hypocrites | — | | | — | ut | hypocrites | ܒܐܦܐ | hypocrites | ὑποκριταί | hypocrites | |||||
αδηλαP45 · P75 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | monumenta | monumenta | for | ܕܐܝܬܝܟܘܢ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | you are | ἐστὲ | you are | εστε | | | — | quæ | you are | ܐܝܟ | you are | ἐστὲ | you are | |||||
οιP45 · P75 | like | ὡς | like | — | | | pharisaei | — | — | ܩܒܪܐ | like | ὡς | like | |||||
ανοιP45 · P75 | <the> | τὰ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | |||||
οιP45 · P75 | graves | μνημεῖα | graves | μνημεια | | | sine | non | graves | ܕܠܐ | graves | μνημεῖα | graves | |||||
περιπατουντεσP45 · P75 | <the> | τὰ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | |||||
επανωP45 · P75 | unmarked, | ἄδηλα, | unmarked, | αδηλα | | | — | apparent | unmarked, | ܝܕܝܥܝܢ | unmarked, | ἄδηλα | unmarked, | |||||
ουκP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܒܢܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οιδασινP45 · P75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | specie | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
ἄνθρωποιP45 · P75 | men | ἄνθρωποι | men | ανθρωποι | | | homines | homines | men | ܐܢܫܐ | men | ἄνθρωποι | men | |||||
οἱP45 · P75 | who | οἱ | who | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | περιπατοῦντες | who | |||||
περιπατοῦντεςP45 · P75 | are walking | περιπατοῦντες | are walking | — | | | et | — | — | ܡܗܠܟܝܢ | are walking | ἐπάνω | are walking | |||||
ἐπάνωP45 · P75 | above | ἐπάνω | above | επανω | | | ambulantes | ambulantes | above | ܥܠܝܗܘܢ | above | οὐκ | above | |||||
οὐκP45 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | supra | supra | not | ܘܠܐ | not | οἴδασιν | not | |||||
οἴδασιν.¶P45 · P75 | do know it. | οἴδασιν.¶ | do know it. | οιδασιν | | | nesciunt | nesciunt | do know it. | ܝܕܥܝܢ | do know it. | οἴδασιν.¶ | do know it. | |||||
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