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 | ||||||||||||
δοκειτεP45 · P75 | Think you | δοκεῖτε | Think you | δοκειτε | | | putatis | Putatis | Think you | ܤܒܪܝܢ | Think you | Δοκεῖτε | Think you | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quoniam | quia | that | ܐܢܬܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
ειρηνηνP45 · P75 | peace | εἰρήνην | peace | ειρηνην | | | pacem | pacem | peace | ܕܫܝܢܐ | peace | εἰρήνην | peace | |||||
παρεγενομηνP45 · P75 | I came | παρεγενόμην | I came | παρεγενομην | | | ueni | veni | I came | ܐܬܝܬ | I came | παρεγενόμην | I came | |||||
δουναιP45 · P75 | to give | δοῦναι | to give | — | | | — | dare | to give | ܕܐܪܡܐ | to give | δοῦναι | to give | |||||
επιP45 · P75 | on | ἐν | on | εν | | | in | in | on | ܒܐܪܥܐ | on | ἐν | on | |||||
τησP45 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | facere | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
γησP45 · P75 | earth? | γῇ; | earth? | γη | | | — | — | — | — | — | γῇ | earth? | |||||
ουχιP45 · P75 | No, | οὐχί, | No, | ουχι | | | terra | terram | No, | ܐܡܪ | No, | Οὐχί | No, | |||||
λεγωP45 · P75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | non | non | I say | ܐܢܐ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | to you, | ὑμῖν, | to you, | ϋμειν | | | dico | dico | to you, | ܠܟܘܢ | to you, | ὑμῖν | to you, | |||||
αλλαP45 · P75 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | — | | | uobis | vobis | but | ܕܠܐ | but | ἀλλ’ | but | |||||
διαμερισμονP45 · P75 | rather | ἢ | rather | — | | | sed | — | — | — | — | ἢ | rather | |||||
διαμερισμόν.P45 · P75 | division. | διαμερισμόν. | division. | διαμερισμον | | | diuisionem | separationem | division. | ܦܠܓܘܬܐ | division. | διαμερισμόν | division. | |||||
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