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 | ||||||||||||
ιναP75 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | so that | ܕܬܐܟܠܘܢ | so that | ἵνα | so that | |||||
εσθητεP75 | you may eat | ἔσθητε | you may eat | εσθητε | | | edatis | edatis | you may eat | ܘܬܫܬܘܢ | you may eat | ἐσθίητε | you may eat | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
πεινητεP75 | may drink | πίνητε | may drink | — | | | bibatis | bibatis | may drink | ܥܠ | may drink | πίνητε | may drink | |||||
επιP75 | at | ἐπὶ | at | επι | | | super | super | at | ܦܬܘܪܐ | at | ἐπὶ | at | |||||
τησP75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | xii | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
τραπεζησP75 | table | τραπέζης | table | τραπεζης | | | mensam | mensam | table | — | — | τραπέζης | table | |||||
μουP75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | meam | meam | of Mine | ܕܡܠܟܘܬܐ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܕܝܠܝ | in | καὶ | in | |||||
τηP75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | καθίσεσθε | the | |||||
βασιλειαP75 | kingdom | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | regno | regno | kingdom | — | — | ἐπὶ | kingdom | |||||
μουP75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | — | | | — | meo | of Mine | ܘܬܬܒܘܢ | of Mine | θρόνων | of Mine | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܥܠ | and | κρίνοντες | and | |||||
καθησθεP75 | will sit | καθήσεσθε | will sit | — | | | sedebitis | sedeatis | will sit | ܟܘܪܤܘܬܐ | will sit | τὰς | will sit | |||||
επιP75 | on | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | super | super | on | — | — | δώδεκα | on | |||||
θρονωP75 | thrones | θρόνων | thrones | — | | | sedes | thronos | thrones | ܘܬܕܘܢܘܢ | thrones | φυλὰς | thrones | |||||
τασP75 | the | τὰς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||
φυλασP75 | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | — | | | iudicantes | judicantes | twelve | ܬܪܥܤܪ | twelve | Ἰσραήλ | twelve | |||||
κρινοντεσP75 | tribes | φυλὰς | tribes | — | | | — | duodecim | tribes | — | — | φυλὰς | tribes | |||||
τουP75 | judging | κρίνοντες | judging | κρεινοντες | | | tribus | tribus | judging | ܫܒܛܐ | judging | κρίνοντες | judging | |||||
ιηλP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | xii | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
Ἰσραήλ.¶P75 | of Israel. | Ἰσραήλ.¶ | of Israel. | ϊσραηλ | | | israhel | Israël | of Israel. | ܕܐܝܤܪܝܠ | of Israel. | Ἰσραήλ.¶ | of Israel. | |||||
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