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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܛܘܒܘܗܝ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
μακαριοσP75 | blessed | μακάριός | blessed | μακαριος | | | beatus | beatus | blessed | — | — | μακάριός | blessed | |||||
εστινP75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | erit | est | is | ܠܡܢ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
οσP75 | who | ὃς | who | ος | | | qui | quicumque | who | — | — | ὃς | who | |||||
εανP75 | might | ἐὰν | might | — | | | non | non | might | ܕܠܐ | might | ἐὰν | might | |||||
μηP75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | fuerit | fuerit | not | — | — | μὴ | not | |||||
σκανδαλισθηP75 | shall be offended | σκανδαλισθῇ | shall be offended | σκανδαλισθη | | | scandalizatus | scandalizatus | shall be offended | ܢܬܟܫܠ | shall be offended | σκανδαλισθῇ | shall be offended | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | |||||
εμοιP75 | Me myself. | ἐμοί.¶ | Me myself. | εμοι | | | me | me | Me myself. | ܒܝ | Me myself. | ἐμοί | Me myself. | |||||
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