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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
αγωνιζεσθεP45 · P75 | do strive | ἀγωνίζεσθε | do strive | αγωνιζεσθε | | | certamini | Contendite | do strive | ܝܫܘܥ | do strive | Ἀγωνίζεσθε | do strive | |||||
διαP45 · P75 | to enter in | εἰσελθεῖν | to enter in | εισελθειν | | | introire | intrare | to enter in | ܕܝܢ | to enter in | εἰσελθεῖν | to enter in | |||||
τησP45 · P75 | through | διὰ | through | δια | | | per | per | through | ܐܡܪ | through | διὰ | through | |||||
στενησP45 · P75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | ianuam | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
θυρασP45 · P75 | narrow | στενῆς | narrow | στενης | | | angustam | angustam | narrow | ܐܬܟܬܫܘ | narrow | στενῆς | narrow | |||||
εισελθεινP45 · P75 | door; | θύρας· | door; | θυρας | | | — | portam | door; | ܠܡܥܠ | door; | πύλης | door; | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | quoniam | quia | for | ܒܬܪܥܐ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
πολλοιP45 · P75 | many, | πολλοί, | many, | πολλοι | | | multi | multi | many, | ܐܠܝܨܐ | many, | πολλοί | many, | |||||
λεγωP45 · P75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | to you, | ὑμῖν, | to you, | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you, | ܐܢܐ | to you, | ὑμῖν | to you, | |||||
ζητησουσινP45 · P75 | will seek | ζητήσουσιν | will seek | ζητησουσιν | | | quaerent | quærent | will seek | ܠܟܘܢ | will seek | ζητήσουσιν | will seek | |||||
εισελθεινP45 · P75 | to enter in | εἰσελθεῖν | to enter in | εισελθειν | | | introire | intrare | to enter in | ܓܝܪ | to enter in | εἰσελθεῖν | to enter in | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܤܓܝܐܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ουκP45 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | — | | | non | non | not | ܢܒܥܘܢ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ισχυσουσινP45 · P75 | will be able. | ἰσχύσουσιν. | will be able. | — | | | inuenient | poterunt | will be able. | ܠܡܥܠ | will be able. | ἰσχύσουσιν | will be able. | |||||
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