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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
λεγοντεσP75 | saying; | λέγοντες· | saying; | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | dicentes | saying; | ܠܗ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | |||||
ειP75 | If | εἰ | If | — | | | habe | Si | If | ܐܢ | If | Εἰ | If | |||||
συP75 | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | — | | | inponentes | tu | You yourself | ܐܢܬ | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | |||||
ειP75 | are | εἶ | are | — | | | illi | es | are | ܗܘ | are | εἶ | are | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
βασιλευσP75 | King | βασιλεὺς | King | βασιλευς | | | rex | rex | King | ܡܠܟܐ | King | βασιλεὺς | King | |||||
τωνP75 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | de | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
ιουδαιωνP75 | Jews, | Ἰουδαίων, | Jews, | ϊουδαιων | | | iudaeorum | Judæorum | Jews, | ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ | Jews, | Ἰουδαίων | Jews, | |||||
σωσονP75 | do save | σῶσον | do save | — | | | spinis | salvum | do save | ܐܚܐ | do save | σῶσον | do save | |||||
σεαυτονP75 | Yourself! | σεαυτόν. | Yourself! | — | | | coronam | te | Yourself! | ܢܦܫܟ | Yourself! | σεαυτόν | Yourself! | |||||
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