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 | ||||||||||||
ουδεP75 | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | ουδε | | | neque | neque | nor | ܘܠܐ | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | |||||
ερουσινP75 | will they say; | ἐροῦσιν· | will they say; | ερουσιν | | | dicent | dicent | will they say; | ܐܡܪܝܢ | will they say; | ἐροῦσιν | will they say; | |||||
ιδουP75 | Behold | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | Ecce | Behold | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδοὺ | Behold | |||||
ωδεP75 | here | ὧδε | here | ωδε | | | hic | hic | here | ܗܪܟܐ | here | ὧδε | here | |||||
ηP75 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | aut | — | — | — | — | ἤ | or | |||||
εκειP75 | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδοὺ | behold | |||||
ιδουP75 | There. | ἐκεῖ. | There. | εκει | | | illi | illic | There. | ܗܪ | There. | ἐκεῖ | There. | |||||
γαρP75 | Behold | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ϊδου | | | cce | Ecce | Behold | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδοὺ | Behold | |||||
ηP75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | |||||
βασιλειαP75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | nolite | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
τουP75 | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | regnum | regnum | kingdom | ܓܝܪ | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | |||||
θυP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | credere | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
εντοσP75 | of God | θεοῦ | of God | θυ | | | dei | Dei | of God | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | |||||
υμωνP75 | in the midst | ἐντὸς | in the midst | εντος | | | intra | intra | in the midst | ܠܓܘ | in the midst | ἐντὸς | in the midst | |||||
εστινP75 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | uos | vos | of you | ܡܢܟܘܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
ἐστιν.¶P75 | is. | ἐστιν.¶ | is. | εστιν | | | est | est | is. | ܗܝ | is. | ἐστίν | is. | |||||
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