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 | ||||||||||||
τοτεP75 | Then | τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | |||||
αρξονταιP75 | They will begin | ἄρξονται | They will begin | αρξονται | | | incipient | incipient | They will begin | ܬܫܪܘܢ | They will begin | ἄρξονται | They will begin | |||||
λεγεινP75 | to say | λέγειν | to say | λεγειν | | | dicere | dicere | to say | — | — | λέγειν | to say | |||||
τοισP75 | to the | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | tegite | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
ορεσινP75 | mountains; | ὄρεσιν· | mountains; | ορεσι | | | montibus | montibus | mountains; | ܠܡܐܡܪ | mountains; | ὄρεσιν | mountains; | |||||
πεσετεP75 | do fall | πέσετε | do fall | — | | | cadite | Cadite | do fall | ܠܛܘܪܐ | do fall | Πέσετε | do fall | |||||
εφP75 | upon | ἐφ᾽ | upon | εφ | | | super | super | upon | — | — | ἐφ’ | upon | |||||
ημασP75 | us; | ἡμᾶς· | us; | ημας | | | nos | nos | us; | ܕܦܠܘ | us; | ἡμᾶς | us; | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܥܠܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τοισP75 | to the | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
βουνοισP75 | hills; | βουνοῖς· | hills; | βουνοις | | | collibus | collibus | hills; | — | — | βουνοῖς | hills; | |||||
καλυψατεP75 | do cover | καλύψατε | do cover | καλυψατε | | | — | Operite | do cover | ܘܠܪܡܬܐ | do cover | Καλύψατε | do cover | |||||
ημασP75 | us. | ἡμᾶς. | us. | ημας | | | nos | nos | us. | ܕܟܤܝܢܢ | us. | ἡμᾶς | us. | |||||
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