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 | ||||||||||||
ουαιP75 | Woe | Οὐαὶ | Woe | ουαι | | | uae | Væ | Woe | ܘܝ | Woe | Οὐαὶ | Woe | |||||
υμινP75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
οιP75 | who are | οἱ | who are | οι | | | qui | — | — | — | — | οἱ | who are | |||||
εμπεπλησμενοιP75 | filled | ἐμπεπλησμένοι | filled | — | | | quoniam | saturati | filled | — | — | ἐμπεπλησμένοι | filled | |||||
νυνP75 | now, | νῦν, | now, | — | | | — | estis | now, | ܤܒܥܐ | now, | ὅτι | now, | |||||
οτιP75 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | — | quia | for | ܕܬܟܦܢܘܢ | for | πεινάσετε | for | |||||
πεινασετεP75 | you will hunger. | πεινάσετε.¶ | you will hunger. | πεινασετε | | | — | esurietis | you will hunger. | — | — | Οὐαὶ | you will hunger. | |||||
ουαιP75 | Woe to | Οὐαὶ | Woe to | ουαι | | | — | Væ | Woe to | ܘܝ | Woe to | ὑμῖν | Woe to | |||||
υμινP75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | — | vobis | to you | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | οἱ | to you | |||||
οιP75 | who are | οἱ | who are | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | γελῶντες | who are | |||||
γελωντεσP75 | laughing | γελῶντες | laughing | γελωντες | | | ridetis | ridetis | laughing | — | — | νῦν | laughing | |||||
νυνP75 | now, | νῦν, | now, | νυν | | | nunc | nunc | now, | ܠܕܓܚܟܝܢ | now, | ὅτι | now, | |||||
οτιP75 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | — | quia | for | ܗܫܐ | for | πενθήσετε | for | |||||
πενθησετεP75 | you will mourn | πενθήσετε | you will mourn | — | | | lugetis | lugebitis | you will mourn | — | — | καὶ | you will mourn | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܬܒܟܘܢ | and | κλαύσετε | and | |||||
κλαυσετεP75 | will weep. | κλαύσετε.¶ | will weep. | — | | | plorabitis | flebitis | will weep. | ܘܬܬܐܒܠܘܢ | will weep. | κλαύσετε.¶ | will weep. | |||||
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