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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | and perhaps | κἂν | and perhaps | — | | | et | et | and perhaps | ܘܐܢ | and perhaps | κἂν | and perhaps | |||||
εανP45 · P75 | indeed | μὲν | indeed | μεν | | | si | siquidem | indeed | — | — | μὲν | indeed | |||||
μενP45 · P75 | it shall bear | ποιήσῃ | it shall bear | ποιηση | | | fecerit | fecerit | it shall bear | ܥܒܕܬ | it shall bear | ποιήσῃ | it shall bear | |||||
ποιησηP45 · P75 | fruit | καρπὸν | fruit | καρπον | | | quidem | — | — | — | — | καρπόν | fruit | |||||
καρπονP45 · P75 | in | εἰς | in | — | | | fructum | fructum | in | ܦܐܪܐ | in | εἰ | in | |||||
ειP45 · P75 | the time | τὸ | the time | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | δὲ | the time | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | soon happening. | μέλλον. | soon happening. | — | | | si | sin | soon happening. | — | — | μήγε | soon happening. | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | lest | εἰ | lest | ει | | | quominus | autem | lest | — | — | εἰς | lest | |||||
γεP45 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | in | in | however | ܕܝܢ | but | τὸ | however | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | except | μή | except | μη | | | — | — | — | — | — | μέλλον | except | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | yet | γε, | yet | γε | | | futurum | futurum | yet | ܠܡܢܚܝ | yet | ἐκκόψεις | yet | |||||
μελλονP45 · P75 | you will cut down | ἐκκόψεις | you will cut down | εκκοψεις | | | euellis | succides | you will cut down | — | — | αὐτήν | you will cut down | |||||
εκκοψονP45 · P75 | it. | αὐτήν.¶ | it. | αυτην | | | eam | eam | it. | ܬܦܤܩܝܗ | it. | αὐτήν.¶ | it. | |||||
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