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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | Also | καὶ | Also | και | | | et | Et | Also | ܐܦ | Also | Καὶ | Also | |||||
υμεισP75 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
γεινεσθεP75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | estote | estote | therefore | ܗܟܝܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
ετοιμοιP75 | do be | γίνεσθε | do be | — | | | parati | parati | do be | ܗܘܘ | do be | γίνεσθε | do be | |||||
οτιP75 | ready, | ἕτοιμοι, | ready, | ετοιμοι | | | quia | quia | ready, | ܡܛܝܒܐ | ready, | ἕτοιμοι | ready, | |||||
ηP75 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | qua | qua | for | ܕܒܗܝ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
ωραP75 | in the | ᾗ | in the | η | | | ergo | — | — | — | — | ᾗ | in the | |||||
ουP75 | hour | ὥρᾳ | hour | ωρα | | | hora | hora | hour | ܕܠܐ | hour | ὥρᾳ | hour | |||||
δοκειτεP75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܤܒܪܝܢ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
οP75 | you expect | δοκεῖτε | you expect | δοκειτε | | | putatis | putatis | you expect | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you expect | δοκεῖτε | you expect | |||||
υιοσP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
τουP75 | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ϋιος | | | filius | Filius | Son | ܐܬܐ | Son | υἱὸς | Son | |||||
ανουP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ερχεταιP75 | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ανθρωπου | | | hominis | hominis | of Man | ܒܪܗ | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | |||||
ἔρχεται.¶P75 | comes. | ἔρχεται.¶ | comes. | ερχεται | | | uenit | veniet | comes. | ܕܐܢܫܐ | comes. | ἔρχεται | comes. | |||||
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