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 | ||||||||||||
ευλογειτεP75 | do bless | εὐλογεῖτε | do bless | ευλογειτε | | | benedicite | Benedicite | do bless | ܘܒܪܟܘ | do bless | εὐλογεῖτε | do bless | |||||
τουσP75 | those | τοὺς | those | τους | | | uos | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | those | |||||
καταρωμενουσP75 | cursing | καταρωμένους | cursing | καταρωμενους | | | maledicentes | maledicentibus | cursing | ܕܠܝܛܝܢ | cursing | καταρωμένους | cursing | |||||
υμινP75 | you, | ὑμᾶς, | you, | ϋμας | | | — | vobis | you, | ܠܟܘܢ | you, | ὑμῖν | you, | |||||
προσευχεσθεP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܘܨܠܘ | and | προσεύχεσθε | and | |||||
περιP75 | do pray | προσεύχεσθε | do pray | προσευχεσθε | | | orate | orate | do pray | ܥܠ | do pray | ὑπὲρ | do pray | |||||
τωνP75 | for | περὶ | for | — | | | pro | pro | for | ܐܝܠܝܢ | for | τῶν | for | |||||
επηρεαζοντωνP75 | those | τῶν | those | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐπηρεαζόντων | those | |||||
υμασP75 | mistreating | ἐπηρεαζόντων | mistreating | — | | | calumniantibus | calumniantibus | mistreating | ܠܟܘܢ | mistreating | ὑμᾶς | mistreating | |||||
ὑμᾶς.P75 | you. | ὑμᾶς. | you. | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you. | ܒܩܛܝܪܐ | you. | ὑμᾶς. | you. | |||||
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