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 | ||||||||||||
μακαριοσP45 · P75 | Blessed is | μακάριος | Blessed is | μακαριος | | | beatus | Beatus | Blessed is | ܛܘܒܘܗܝ | Blessed is | Μακάριος | Blessed is | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | dms | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
δουλοσP45 · P75 | servant | δοῦλος | servant | δουλος | | | ille | ille | servant | ܠܗܘ | servant | δοῦλος | servant | |||||
εκεινοσP45 · P75 | that one | ἐκεῖνος | that one | εκεινος | | | seruus | servus | that one | — | — | ἐκεῖνος | that one | |||||
ονP45 · P75 | whom | ὃν | whom | ον | | | quem | quem | whom | ܥܒܕܐ | whom | ὃν | whom | |||||
ελθωνP45 · P75 | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | ελθων | | | eius | cum | having come | ܕܢܐܬܐ | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
κσP45 · P75 | master | κύριος | master | — | | | ueniens | venerit | master | ܡܪܗ | master | κύριος | master | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | eum | dominus | of him | ܢܫܟܚܝܘܗܝ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
ευρησειP45 · P75 | will find | εὑρήσει | will find | ευρησει | | | inueniet | invenerit | will find | — | — | εὑρήσει | will find | |||||
ουτωσP45 · P75 | doing | ποιοῦντα | doing | ποιουντα | | | sic | ita | doing | ܕܥܒܕ | doing | ποιοῦντα | doing | |||||
ποιουνταP45 · P75 | thus. | οὕτως. | thus. | ουτως | | | facientem | facientem | thus. | ܗܟܢܐ | thus. | οὕτως | thus. | |||||
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