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 | ||||||||||||
μηP45 · P75 | Not | Μὴ | Not | μη | | | nolite | Nolite | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | |||||
φοβουP45 · P75 | do fear, | φοβοῦ, | do fear, | φοβου | | | timere | timere | do fear, | ܬܕܚܠ | do fear, | φοβοῦ | do fear, | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | O | τὸ | O | το | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | τὸ | O | |||||
μικρονP45 · P75 | little | μικρὸν | little | μεικρον | | | pusillum | pusillus | little | — | — | μικρὸν | little | |||||
ποιμνιονP45 · P75 | flock, | ποίμνιον, | flock, | ποιμνιον | | | gregem | grex | flock, | ܓܙܪܐ | flock, | ποίμνιον | flock, | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | in | quia | for | ܙܥܘܪܐ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
ηυδοκησενP45 · P75 | took delight | εὐδόκησεν | took delight | — | | | eo | complacuit | took delight | ܕܨܒܐ | took delight | εὐδόκησεν | took delight | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | beneplacitum | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πρP45 · P75 | Father | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | patri | Patri | Father | ܐܒܘܟܘܢ | Father | πατὴρ | Father | |||||
υμωνP45 · P75 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | uestro | vestro | of you | — | — | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
δουναιP45 · P75 | to give | δοῦναι | to give | δουναι | | | dare | dare | to give | ܕܢܬܠ | to give | δοῦναι | to give | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | you | ܠܟܘܢ | you | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | est | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
βασιλειανP45 · P75 | kingdom. | βασιλείαν. | kingdom. | βασιλειαν | | | regnum | regnum | kingdom. | ܡܠܟܘܬܐ | kingdom. | βασιλείαν | kingdom. | |||||
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