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 | ||||||||||||
εκειP138 · P75 | There | ἐκεῖ | There | εκει | | | ibi | Ibi | There | ܬܡܢ | There | Ἐκεῖ | There | |||||
εσταιP138 · P75 | will be | ἔσται | will be | εσται | | | erit | erit | will be | ܢܗܘܐ | will be | ἔσται | will be | |||||
οP138 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | ploratus | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
κλαυθμοσP138 · P75 | weeping | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | κλαυθμος | | | — | fletus | weeping | ܒܟܝܐ | weeping | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | |||||
καιP138 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
οP138 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
βρυγμοσP138 · P75 | gnashing | βρυγμὸς | gnashing | βρυγμος | | | stridor | stridor | gnashing | ܘܚܘܪܩ | gnashing | βρυγμὸς | gnashing | |||||
τωνP138 · P75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
οδοντωνP138 · P75 | teeth | ὀδόντων, | teeth | οδοντων | | | dentium | dentium | teeth | ܫܢܐ | teeth | ὀδόντων | teeth | |||||
οτανP138 · P75 | when | ὅταν | when | οταν | | | cum | cum | when | ܟܕ | when | ὅταν | when | |||||
οψησθεP138 · P75 | you may behold | ὄψησθε | you may behold | — | | | uideritis | videritis | you may behold | ܬܚܙܘܢ | you may behold | ὄψησθε | you may behold | |||||
αβρααμP138 · P75 | Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | Abraham | αβρααμ | | | abraam | Abraham | Abraham | — | — | Ἀβραὰμ | Abraham | |||||
καιP138 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܐܒܪܗܡ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ισακP138 · P75 | Isaac | Ἰσαὰκ | Isaac | — | | | isac | Isaac | Isaac | ܘܠܐܝܤܚܩ | Isaac | Ἰσαὰκ | Isaac | |||||
καιP138 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܝܥܩܘܒ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ιακωβP138 · P75 | Jacob | Ἰακὼβ | Jacob | ϊακωβ | | | iacob | Jacob | Jacob | ܘܠܟܠܗܘܢ | Jacob | Ἰακὼβ | Jacob | |||||
καιP138 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܢܒܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
παντασP138 · P75 | all | πάντας | all | παντας | | | omnes | omnes | all | — | — | πάντας | all | |||||
τουσP138 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
προφητασP138 · P75 | prophets | προφήτας | prophets | προφητας | | | prophetas | prophetas | prophets | ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ | prophets | προφήτας | prophets | |||||
ενP138 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܕܐܠܗܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τηP138 · P75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
βασιλειαP138 · P75 | kingdom | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | regno | regno | kingdom | ܐܢܬܘܢ | kingdom | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | |||||
τουP138 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP138 · P75 | of God, | θεοῦ, | of God, | θυ | | | dei | Dei | of God, | ܕܝܢ | of God, | θεοῦ | of God, | |||||
υμασP138 · P75 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you | — | — | ὑμᾶς | you | |||||
δεP138 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
εκβαλλομενουσP138 · P75 | are being cast | ἐκβαλλομένους | are being cast | εκβαλλομενους | | | eici | expelli | are being cast | ܡܦܩܝܢ | are being cast | ἐκβαλλομένους | are being cast | |||||
εξωP138 · P75 | out. | ἔξω. | out. | εξω | | | foras | foras | out. | ܠܒܪ | out. | ἔξω | out. | |||||
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