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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | nolite | Nolite | And | ܠܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | iudicare | judicare | not | ܬܕܘܢܘܢ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
κρινετεP45 · P75 | do judge, | κρίνετε, | do judge, | κρεινετε | | | ut | — | — | — | — | κρίνετε | do judge, | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | that | καὶ | that | — | | | — | et | that | ܘܠܐ | that | καὶ | that | |||||
ουP45 · P75 | certainly | οὐ | certainly | — | | | non | non | certainly | ܡܬܬܕܝܢܝܢ | certainly | οὐ | certainly | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | iudicemini | judicabimini | not | — | — | μὴ | not | |||||
κριθητεP45 · P75 | you may be judged. | κριθῆτε. | you may be judged. | κριθητε | | | — | — | — | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you may be judged. | κριθῆτε | you may be judged. | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | nolite | and | ܠܐ | and | Μὴ | and | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | — | condemnare | not | — | — | καταδικάζετε | not | |||||
καταδικαζετεP45 · P75 | do condemn, | καταδικάζετε, | do condemn, | καταδικαζετε | | | — | et | do condemn, | ܬܚܝܒܘܢ | do condemn, | καὶ | do condemn, | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | that | καὶ | that | — | | | — | — | — | ܘܠܐ | that | οὐ | that | |||||
ουP45 · P75 | certainly | οὐ | certainly | — | | | — | non | certainly | — | — | μὴ | certainly | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | — | condemnabimini | not | ܡܬܚܝܒܝܢ | not | καταδικασθῆτε | not | |||||
καταδικασθησεσθεP45 · P75 | you may be condemned. | καταδικασθῆτε. | you may be condemned. | καταδικασθητε | | | — | Dimittite | you may be condemned. | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you may be condemned. | ἀπολύετε | you may be condemned. | |||||
απολυετεP45 · P75 | do forgive, | ἀπολύετε, | do forgive, | απολυετε | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | do forgive, | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܫܪܘ | and | ἀπολυθήσεσθε | and | |||||
απολυθησεσθεP45 · P75 | you will be forgiven. | ἀπολυθήσεσθε. | you will be forgiven. | — | | | Δ | dimittemini | you will be forgiven. | ܘܬܫܬܪܘܢ | you will be forgiven. | ἀπολυθήσεσθε. | you will be forgiven. | |||||
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