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 | ||||||||||||
λεγωP75 | I say | Λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | Dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | Λέγω | I say | |||||
υμινP75 | for | γὰρ | for | — | | | quoniam | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
μειζωνP75 | to you; | ὑμῖν· | to you; | — | | | uobis | vobis | to you; | ܠܟܘܢ | to you; | ὑμῖν | to you; | |||||
ενP75 | a greater | μείζων | a greater | — | | | maior | major | a greater | ܕܠܝܬ | a greater | μείζων | a greater | |||||
γεννητοισP75 | among | ἐν | among | — | | | in | inter | among | ܢܒܝܐ | among | ἐν | among | |||||
γυναικωνP75 | those born | γεννητοῖς | those born | — | | | — | natos | those born | ܒܝܠܝܕܝ | those born | γεννητοῖς | those born | |||||
ιωανουP75 | of women | γυναικῶν | of women | — | | | — | mulierum | of women | ܢܫܐ | of women | γυναικῶν | of women | |||||
ουδεισP75 | prophet | προφήτης | prophet | — | | | — | propheta | prophet | ܕܪܒ | prophet | προφήτης | prophet | |||||
εστινP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἰωάννου | <the> | |||||
οP75 | than John | Ἰωάννου | than John | — | | | — | Joanne | than John | ܡܢ | than John | τοῦ | than John | |||||
δεP75 | no one | οὐδείς | no one | — | | | eius | Baptista | no one | — | — | βαπτιστοῦ | no one | |||||
μεικροτεροσP75 | is. | ἐστιν. | is. | — | | | — | nemo | is. | ܝܘܚܢܢ | is. | οὐδείς | is. | |||||
ενP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | est | — | — | — | — | ἐστιν | <the> | |||||
τηP75 | yet | δὲ | yet | δε | | | est | est | yet | ܕܝܢ | but | ὁ | yet | |||||
βασιλειαP75 | the least | μικρότερος | the least | μεικροτερος | | | qui | qui | the least | ܙܥܘܪܐ | the least | δὲ | the least | |||||
τουP75 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | autem | autem | in | ܕܝܢ | in | μικρότερος | in | |||||
θυP75 | the | τῇ | the | — | | | illo | illo | the | — | — | ἐν | the | |||||
μειζωνP75 | kingdom | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | — | | | minor | minor | kingdom | ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ | kingdom | τῇ | kingdom | |||||
αυτουP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | βασιλείᾳ | <the> | |||||
εστινP75 | of God | θεοῦ | of God | — | | | — | est | of God | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God | τοῦ | of God | |||||
μείζωνP75 | greater | μείζων | greater | — | | | — | in | greater | ܪܒ | greater | θεοῦ | greater | |||||
αὐτοῦP75 | than he | αὐτοῦ | than he | αυτου | | | regno | regno | than he | ܗܘ | than he | μείζων | than he | |||||
ἐστιν.P75 | is. | ἐστιν. | is. | εστιν | | | caelorum | Dei | is. | ܡܢܗ | is. | αὐτοῦ | is. | |||||
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