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 | ||||||||||||
καιP111 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ερουσινP111 · P75 | they will say | ἐροῦσιν | they will say | ερουσιν | | | dicent | dicent | they will say | ܢܐܡܪܘܢ | they will say | ἐροῦσιν | they will say | |||||
υμινP111 · P75 | to you; | ὑμῖν· | to you; | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you; | ܠܟܘܢ | to you; | ὑμῖν | to you; | |||||
ιδουP111 · P75 | Behold | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | Ecce | Behold | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδοὺ | Behold | |||||
εκειP111 · P75 | there | ἐκεῖ | there | — | | | hic | hic | there | ܗܪܟܐ | there | ὧδε | there | |||||
ηP111 · P75 | or | ἢ | or | — | | | aut | — | — | — | — | ἤ | or | |||||
ιδουP111 · P75 | Behold | ἰδοὺ | Behold | — | | | ecce | ecce | Behold | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδοὺ | Behold | |||||
ωδεP111 · P75 | here. | ὧδε. | here. | ωδε | | | illic | illic | here. | ܗܪ | here. | ἐκεῖ | here. | |||||
μηP111 · P75 | Not | μὴ | Not | μη | | | ieritis | Nolite | Not | ܬܡܢ | Not | μὴ | Not | |||||
ἀπέλθητεP111 · P75 | may go forth | ἀπέλθητε | may go forth | απελθητε | | | neque | ire | may go forth | ܗܘ | may go forth | ἀπέλθητε | may go forth | |||||
μηδὲP111 · P75 | nor | μηδὲ | nor | μηδε | | | ne | neque | nor | ܠܐ | nor | μηδὲ | nor | |||||
διώξητε.P111 · P75 | may follow. | διώξητε. | may follow. | διωξητε | | | persequemini | sectemini | may follow. | ܬܐܙܠܘܢ | may follow. | διώξητε | may follow. | |||||
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