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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
αλλαP75 | But | ἀλλ᾽ | But | — | | | sed | Sed | But | ܠܟܘܢ | But | Ἀλλ’ | But | |||||
υμινP75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܕܝܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
λεγωP75 | I say | λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||
τοισP75 | to those | τοῖς | to those | τοις | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to those | |||||
ακουουσινP75 | hearing: | ἀκούουσιν· | hearing: | ακουουσιν | | | auditis | auditis | listen | ܐܢܐ | hearing: | ἀκούουσιν | hearing: | |||||
αγαπατεP75 | do love | ἀγαπᾶτε | do love | αγαπατε | | | diligite | Diligite | love | ܠܕܫܡܥܝܢ | do love | Ἀγαπᾶτε | do love | |||||
τουσP75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | odientibus | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
εχθρουσP75 | enemies | ἐχθροὺς | enemies | εχθρους | | | inimicos | inimicos | enemies | ܐܚܒܘ | enemies | ἐχθροὺς | enemies | |||||
υμωνP75 | of you, | ὑμῶν, | of you, | ϋμων | | | uestros | vestros | your | ܠܒܥܠܕܒܒܝܟܘܢ | of you, | ὑμῶν | of you, | |||||
καλωσP75 | good | καλῶς | good | καλως | | | benefacite | benefacite | do good | ܘܥܒܕܘ | good | καλῶς | good | |||||
ποιειτεP75 | do perform | ποιεῖτε | do perform | ποιειτε | | | — | — | — | ܕܫܦܝܪ | do perform | ποιεῖτε | do perform | |||||
τοισP75 | to those | τοῖς | to those | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to those | |||||
μισουσινP75 | hating | μισοῦσιν | hating | μεισουσιν | | | — | qui oderunt | who hate | ܠܐܝܠܝܢ | hating | μισοῦσιν | hating | |||||
υμασP75 | you, | ὑμᾶς, | you, | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you | ܕܤܢܝܢ | you, | ὑμᾶς | you, | |||||
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