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 | και | | | et | Et | and | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ελεγενP75 | he was saying: | ἔλεγεν· | he was saying: | — | | | conuersus | dicebat | ? | ܠܝܫܘܥ | he was saying: | ἔλεγεν | he was saying: | |||||
ιυP75 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | — | | | dixit | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
μνησθητιP75 | Jesus, | Ἰησοῦ, | Jesus, | — | | | ad | ad | to | — | — | Ἰησοῦ | Jesus, | |||||
μουP75 | do remember | μνήσθητί | do remember | μνησθητι | | | illi | Jesum | Jesus | ܐܬܕܟܪܝܢܝ | do remember | Μνήσθητί | do remember | |||||
οτανP75 | me | μου | me | μου | | | dom | Domine | ? | ܡܪܝ | me | μου | me | |||||
ελθησP75 | Lord | κύριε | Lord | — | | | memento | memento | ? | — | — | κύριε | Lord | |||||
εισP75 | when | ὅταν | when | — | | | me | mei | ? | ܡܐ | when | ὅταν | when | |||||
τηνP75 | You may come | ἔλθῃς | You may come | — | | | — | cum | when/with | ܕܐܬܐ | You may come | ἔλθῃς | You may come | |||||
βασιλειανP75 | into | εἰς | into | — | | | die | veneris | ? | — | — | ἐν | into | |||||
σουP75 | the | τὴν | the | — | | | aduentus | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
βασιλείανP75 | kingdom | βασιλείαν | kingdom | — | | | in | regnum | ? | ܐܢܬ | kingdom | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | |||||
σου.P75 | of You! | σου. | of You! | σου | | | tui | tuum | your | ܒܡܠܟܘܬܟ | of You! | σου | of You! | |||||
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