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 | ||||||||||||
γινεσθεP45 · P75 | do be you | Γίνεσθε | do be you | γεινεσθε | | | estote | Estote | do be you | ܗܘܘ | do be you | Γίνεσθε | do be you | |||||
οικτειρμονεσP45 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | beneuolentes | ergo | therefore | ܗܟܝܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
καθωσP45 · P75 | merciful | οἰκτίρμονες | merciful | οικτιρμονες | | | — | misericordes | merciful | ܡܪܚܡܢܐ | merciful | οἰκτίρμονες | merciful | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | sicut | sicut | even as | ܐܝܟܢܐ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
οP45 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | beniuolus | et | also | — | — | καὶ | also | |||||
πρP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
υμωνP45 · P75 | Father | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | pater | Pater | Father | ܕܐܦ | Father | πατὴρ | Father | |||||
οικτειρμωνP45 · P75 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | uester | vester | of you | ܐܒܘܟܘܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | merciful | οἰκτίρμων | merciful | οικτειρμων | | | Α | misericors | merciful | ܡܪܚܡܢܐ | merciful | οἰκτίρμων | merciful | |||||
ἐστίν.P45 · P75 | is. | ἐστίν. | is. | εστιν | | | est | est | is. | ܗܘ | is. | ἐστίν | is. | |||||
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