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 | ||||||||||||
οτανP45 · P75 · P97 | When | ὅταν | When | οταν | | | cum | Cum | When | ܐܡܬܝ | When | Ὅταν | When | |||||
κληθησP45 · P75 · P97 | you may be invited | κληθῇς | you may be invited | κληθης | | | inuitaris | invitatus | you may be invited | ܕܡܙܕܡܢ | you may be invited | κληθῇς | you may be invited | |||||
υποP45 · P75 · P97 | by | ὑπό | by | — | | | noli | fueris | by | ܐܢܬ | by | ὑπό | by | |||||
τινοσP45 · P75 · P97 | anyone | τινος | anyone | — | | | ad | ad | anyone | ܡܢ | anyone | τινος | anyone | |||||
εισP45 · P75 · P97 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | nuptias | nuptias | to | ܐܢܫ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
γαμουσP45 · P75 · P97 | wedding feasts, | γάμους, | wedding feasts, | — | | | — | non | wedding feasts, | ܠܒܝܬ | wedding feasts, | γάμους | wedding feasts, | |||||
μηP45 · P75 · P97 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | recumbere | discumbas | not | ܡܫܬܘܬܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
κατακλεινουP45 · P75 · P97 | may recline | κατακλιθῇς | may recline | κατακλιθης | | | in | in | may recline | ܠܐ | may recline | κατακλιθῇς | may recline | |||||
εισP45 · P75 · P97 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | primum | primo | in | ܬܐܙܠ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 · P97 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
πρωτοκλισιανP45 · P75 · P97 | first place, | πρωτοκλισίαν, | first place, | πρωτοκλισιαν | | | ne | ne | first place, | ܠܟ | first place, | πρωτοκλισίαν | first place, | |||||
μηποτεP45 · P75 · P97 | otherwise | μήποτε | otherwise | μηποτε | | | forte | forte | otherwise | ܒܪܝܫ | otherwise | μήποτε | otherwise | |||||
εντειμοτεροσP45 · P75 · P97 | one more honorable | ἐντιμότερός | one more honorable | εντειμοτερος | | | honorificentior | honoratior | one more honorable | ܤܡܟܐ | one more honorable | ἐντιμότερός | one more honorable | |||||
σουP45 · P75 · P97 | than you | σου | than you | σου | | | te | te | than you | ܕܠܡܐ | than you | σου | than you | |||||
ηP45 · P75 · P97 | may have been | ᾖ | may have been | — | | | cubitum | — | — | — | — | ᾖ | may have been | |||||
κεκλημενοσP45 · P75 · P97 | invited | κεκλημένος | invited | — | | | in | invitatus | invited | ܡܙܡܢ | invited | κεκλημένος | invited | |||||
ὑπ᾽P45 · P75 · P97 | by | ὑπ᾽ | by | — | | | — | ab | by | ܬܡܢ | by | ὑπ’ | by | |||||
αὐτοῦ,P45 · P75 · P97 | him, | αὐτοῦ, | him, | — | | | ueniet | illo | him, | ܐܢܫ | him, | αὐτοῦ | him, | |||||
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