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 | ||||||||||||
μωσησP45 | Moses | Μωϋσῆς | Moses | μωϋσης | | | moyses | Moyses | Moses | ܡܘܫܐ | Moses | Μωσῆς | Moses | |||||
γαρP45 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ειπενP45 | said; | εἶπεν· | said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said; | — | — | εἶπεν | said; | |||||
τιμαP45 | do honor | τίμα | do honor | τειμα | | | honora | Honora | do honor | ܐܡܪ | do honor | Τίμα | do honor | |||||
τονP45 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | morietur | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πραP45 | Father | πατέρα | Father | πατερα | | | patrem | patrem | Father | ܕܝܩܪ | Father | πατέρα | Father | |||||
σουP45 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tuum | tuum | of you | ܠܐܒܘܟ | of you | σου | of you | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
τηνP45 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | aut | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
μητεραP45 | mother | μητέρα | mother | μητερα | | | matrem | matrem | mother | ܘܠܐܡܟ | mother | μητέρα | mother | |||||
σουP45 | of you,’ | σου, | of you,’ | — | | | — | tuam | of you,’ | ܘܡܢ | of you,’ | σου | of you,’ | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | Et | and | — | — | καί | and | |||||
οP45 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
κακολογωνP45 | speaking evil of | κακολογῶν | speaking evil of | κακολογων | | | qui | Qui | speaking evil of | ܕܡܨܚܐ | speaking evil of | κακολογῶν | speaking evil of | |||||
πραP45 | father | πατέρα | father | πατερα | | | maledixerit | maledixerit | father | ܠܐܒܐ | father | πατέρα | father | |||||
ηP45 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | patri | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
μητεραP45 | mother | μητέρα | mother | μητερα | | | — | vel | mother | — | — | μητέρα | mother | |||||
θανατωιP45 | in death | θανάτῳ | in death | θανατω | | | matri | matri | in death | ܡܘܬܐ | in death | θανάτῳ | in death | |||||
τελευτατωP45 | should end.’ | τελευτάτω. | should end.’ | — | | | morti | morte | should end.’ | ܢܡܘܬ | should end.’ | τελευτάτω | should end.’ | |||||
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