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 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܝܡܐ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
ωμοσενP45 | he swore | ὤμοσεν | he swore | ωμοσεν | | | iurauit | juravit | he swore | — | — | ὤμοσεν | he swore | |||||
αυτηιP45 | to her | αὐτῇ | to her | αυτη | | | multa | — | — | ܠܗ | to her | αὐτῇ | to her | |||||
πολλαP45 | greatly | πολλὰ | greatly | πολλα | | | illi | illi | greatly | — | — | ὅτι | greatly | |||||
οτιP45 | whatever | ὅ | whatever | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὃ | whatever | |||||
εανP45 | thing | τι | thing | τι | | | quidquid | quidquid | thing | ܕܬܫܐܠܝܢ | thing | ἐάν | thing | |||||
μεP45 | if | ἐάν | if | — | | | petieris | petieris | if | — | — | με | if | |||||
αιτησησP45 | me | με | me | με | | | quod | — | — | ܐܬܠ | me | αἰτήσῃς | me | |||||
δωσωP45 | you shall ask | αἰτήσῃς | you shall ask | αιτησης | | | dabo | dabo | you shall ask | — | — | δώσω | you shall ask | |||||
σοιP45 | I will give | δώσω | I will give | δωσω | | | tibi | tibi | I will give | ܠܟܝ | I will give | σοί | I will give | |||||
εωσP45 | you | σοι | you | σοι | | | licet | licet | you | — | — | ἕως | you | |||||
ημισουσP45 | until | ἕως | until | — | | | dimidium | dimidium | until | ܥܕܡܐ | until | ἡμίσους | until | |||||
τησP45 | half | ἡμίσους | half | — | | | — | — | — | ܠܦܠܓܗ | half | τῆς | half | |||||
βασιλειασP45 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | mei | — | — | — | — | βασιλείας | of the | |||||
μουP45 | kingdom | βασιλείας | kingdom | βασιλειας | | | regni | regni | kingdom | — | — | μου | kingdom | |||||
μου.¶P45 | of mine. | μου.¶ | of mine. | μου | | | me | mei | of mine. | ܕܡܠܟܘܬܝ | of mine. | μου.¶ | of mine. | |||||
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