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 | ||||||||||||
μακαριοιP75 | Blessed are | Μακάριοι | Blessed are | μακαριοι | | | beati | Beati | Blessed are | ܛܘܒܝܟܘܢ | Blessed are | Μακάριοι | Blessed are | |||||
οιP75 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | qui | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
πεινωντεσP75 | hungering | πεινῶντες | hungering | πεινωντες | | | nunc | nunc | hungering | ܐܝܠܝܢ | hungering | πεινῶντες | hungering | |||||
νυνP75 | now, | νῦν, | now, | νυν | | | esuriunt | esuritis | now, | ܕܟܦܢܝܢ | now, | νῦν | now, | |||||
οτιP75 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | quia | quia | for | ܗܫܐ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
χορτασθησεσθεP75 | you will be filled. | χορτασθήσεσθε.¶ | you will be filled. | χορτασθησεσθε | | | saturamini | saturabimini | you will be filled. | — | — | χορτασθήσεσθε | you will be filled. | |||||
μακαριοιP75 | Blessed are | Μακάριοι | Blessed are | — | | | — | Beati | Blessed are | ܕܬܤܒܥܘܢ | Blessed are | Μακάριοι | Blessed are | |||||
οιP75 | those | οἱ | those | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
κλαιοντεσP75 | weeping | κλαίοντες | weeping | — | | | — | nunc | weeping | ܛܘܒܝܟܘܢ | weeping | κλαίοντες | weeping | |||||
νυνP75 | now, | νῦν, | now, | — | | | — | fletis | now, | ܠܕܒܟܝܢ | now, | νῦν | now, | |||||
οτιP75 | for | ὅτι | for | — | | | — | quia | for | ܗܫܐ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
γελασετεP75 | you will laugh. | γελάσετε.¶ | you will laugh. | — | | | — | ridebitis | you will laugh. | ܕܬܓܚܟܘܢ | you will laugh. | γελάσετε | you will laugh. | |||||
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