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 | ||||||||||||
ουτωσP75 | Thus | Οὕτως, | Thus | ουτως | | | sic | Ita | Thus | ܐܡܪ | Thus | Οὕτως | Thus | |||||
λεγωP75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say | ܐܢܐ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP75 | to you, | ὑμῖν, | to you, | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you, | ܠܟܘܢ | to you, | ὑμῖν | to you, | |||||
γεινεταιP75 | there is | γίνεται | there is | — | | | gaudium | gaudium | there is | ܕܗܟܢܐ | there is | χαρὰ | there is | |||||
χαραP75 | joy | χαρὰ | joy | χαρα | | | erit | erit | joy | ܬܗܘܐ | joy | γίνεται | joy | |||||
ενωπιονP75 | before | ἐνώπιον | before | ενωπιον | | | in | coram | before | ܚܕܘܬܐ | before | ἐνώπιον | before | |||||
τωνP75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | agenti | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
αγγελωνP75 | angels | ἀγγέλων | angels | αγγελων | | | angelorum | angelis | angels | ܩܕܡ | angels | ἀγγέλων | angels | |||||
τουP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | conspectu | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP75 | of God | θεοῦ | of God | θυ | | | dei | Dei | of God | ܡܠܐܟܘܗܝ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | |||||
επιP75 | over | ἐπὶ | over | επι | | | super | super | over | ܕܐܠܗܐ | over | ἐπὶ | over | |||||
ενιP75 | one | ἑνὶ | one | ενι | | | uno | uno | one | ܥܠ | one | ἑνὶ | one | |||||
αμαρτωλωP75 | sinner | ἁμαρτωλῷ | sinner | αμαρτωλω | | | peccatori | peccatore | sinner | ܚܕ | sinner | ἁμαρτωλῷ | sinner | |||||
μετανοουντιP75 | repenting. | μετανοοῦντι.¶ | repenting. | μετανοουντι | | | paenitentia | pœnitentiam | repenting. | ܚܛܝܐ | repenting. | μετανοοῦντι | repenting. | |||||
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