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 | ||||||||||||
| — | εὐλογημένη | Blessed is | ευλογημενη | | | benedictum | benedictum | Blessed is | ܘܒܪܝܟܐ | Blessed is | Εὐλογημένη | Blessed is | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | et | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | ἐρχομένη | coming | ερχομενη | | | quod | quod | coming | — | — | ἐρχομένη | coming | ||||||
| — | βασιλεία | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | uenit | venit | kingdom | ܗܝ | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | — | | | — | — | — | ܡܠܟܘܬܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ὀνόματι | name | — | | | regnum | regnum | name | — | — | ὀνόματι | name | ||||||
| — | κυρίου | of the Lord | — | | | patris | patris | of the Lord | ܕܐܬܝܐ | of the Lord | κυρίου | of the Lord | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | πατρὸς | father | πατρος | | | nostri | nostri | father | ܕܐܒܘܢ | father | πατρὸς | father | ||||||
| — | ἡμῶν | of us | ημων | | | dauid | David | of us | — | — | ἡμῶν | of us | ||||||
| — | Δαυίδ, | David! | δαυειδ | | | — | — | — | ܕܘܝܕ | David! | Δαυίδ | David! | ||||||
| — | ὡσαννὰ | Hosanna | — | | | — | hosanna | Hosanna | ܐܘܫܥܢܐ | Hosanna | Ὡσαννὰ | Hosanna | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | ossanna | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | ||||||
| — | ὑψίστοις.¶ | highest! | ϋψιστοις | | | excelsis | excelsis | highest! | ܒܡܪܘܡܐ | highest! | ὑψίστοις | highest! | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||