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 | πλὴν | But | — | | | quaerit | Verumtamen | But | ܒܪܡ | But | Πλὴν | But | |||||
ζητειτεP45 · P75 | do seek | ζητεῖτε | do seek | ζητειτε | | | — | quærite | do seek | ܒܥܘ | do seek | ζητεῖτε | do seek | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
βασιλειανP45 · P75 | kingdom | βασιλείαν | kingdom | βασιλειαν | | | regnum | regnum | kingdom | ܡܠܟܘܬܗ | kingdom | βασιλείαν | kingdom | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | dei | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP45 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | et | et | of Him | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of Him | θεοῦ | of Him | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | haec | justitiam | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ταυταP45 · P75 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | — | ejus | these things | ܘܗܠܝܢ | these things | ταῦτα | these things | |||||
προστεθησεταιP45 · P75 | all things | πάντα | all things | παντα | | | adicientur | et | all things | ܟܠܗܝܢ | all things | πάντα | all things | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | will be added | προστεθήσεται | will be added | προστεθησεται | | | uobis | hæc | will be added | ܡܬܬܘܤܦܢ | will be added | προστεθήσεται | will be added | |||||
ὑμῖν.¶P45 · P75 | to you. | ὑμῖν.¶ | to you. | ϋμειν | | | omnia | omnia | to you. | ܠܟܘܢ | to you. | ὑμῖν | to you. | |||||
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