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 | ||||||||||||
καθP75 | Every | καθ᾽ | Every | καθ | | | cum | Cum | Every | ܟܠܝܘܡ | Every | Καθ’ | Every | |||||
ημερανP75 | day | ἡμέραν | day | ημεραν | | | cottidie | quotidie | day | — | — | ἡμέραν | day | |||||
οντοσP75 | being | ὄντος | being | οντος | | | uobiscum | vobiscum | being | ܥܡܟܘܢ | being | ὄντος | being | |||||
μουP75 | Me | μου | Me | μου | | | — | fuerim | Me | ܗܘܝܬ | Me | μου | Me | |||||
μεθP75 | with | μεθ᾽ | with | — | | | in | in | with | — | — | μεθ’ | with | |||||
υμωνP75 | you | ὑμῶν | you | — | | | — | — | — | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | you | ὑμῶν | you | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | templo | templo | in | ܘܠܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP75 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ιερωP75 | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | ϊερω | | | non | non | temple | — | — | ἱερῷ | temple | |||||
ουκP75 | not | οὐκ | not | — | | | extendistis | extendistis | not | ܐܘܫܛܬܘܢ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
εξετεινατεP75 | did you stretch out | ἐξετείνατε | did you stretch out | — | | | manus | manus | did you stretch out | ܥܠܝ | did you stretch out | ἐξετείνατε | did you stretch out | |||||
τασP75 | the | τὰς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
χειρασP75 | hands | χεῖρας | hands | — | | | in | in | hands | — | — | χεῖρας | hands | |||||
επP75 | against | ἐπ᾽ | against | — | | | me | me | against | ܐܝܕܝܐ | against | ἐπ’ | against | |||||
εμεP75 | Me myself. | ἐμέ. | Me myself. | — | | | sed | sed | Me myself. | ܐܠܐ | Me myself. | ἐμέ | Me myself. | |||||
αλλP75 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | — | | | essem | hæc | but | — | — | Ἀλλ’ | but | |||||
αυτηP75 | this | αὕτη | this | — | | | est | est | this | ܗܕܐ | this | αὕτη | this | |||||
εστινP75 | is | ἐστὶν | is | — | | | — | — | — | ܗܝ | is | ὑμῶν | is | |||||
υμωνP75 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | υμων | | | hora | hora | of you | — | — | ἐστιν | of you | |||||
ηP75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
ωραP75 | hour | ὥρα | hour | ωρα | | | uestra | vestra | hour | ܫܥܬܟܘܢ | hour | ὥρα | hour | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܫܘܠܛܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ηP75 | the | ἡ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
εξουσιαP75 | power | ἐξουσία | power | εξουσια | | | potestas | potestas | power | — | — | ἐξουσία | power | |||||
τουP75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | — | | | haec | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
σκοτουσP75 | darkness. | σκότους.¶ | darkness. | — | | | tenebrae | tenebrarum | darkness. | ܕܚܫܘܟܐ | darkness. | σκότους | darkness. | |||||
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