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 | ||||||||||||
υμεισP45 | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | Vos | You yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | |||||
δεP45 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
λεγετεP45 | say that: | λέγετε· | say that: | — | | | dicitis | dicitis | say that: | — | — | λέγετε | say that: | |||||
εανP45 | if | ἐὰν | if | εαν | | | si | Si | if | ܐܡܪܝܢ | if | Ἐὰν | if | |||||
ειπηP45 | may say | εἴπῃ | may say | ειπη | | | dixerit | dixerit | may say | ܐܢܬܘܢ | may say | εἴπῃ | may say | |||||
ανθρωποσP45 | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | homo | a man | ܐܢ | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | |||||
τωιP45 | to the | τῷ | to the | τω | | | suo | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | |||||
πριP45 | father | πατρὶ | father | πατρι | | | patri | patri | father | — | — | πατρὶ | father | |||||
ηP45 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | aut | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
τηιP45 | to the | τῇ | to the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | to the | |||||
μητριP45 | mother; | μητρί· | mother; | μητρι | | | matri | matri | mother; | ܓܒܪܐ | mother; | μητρί | mother; | |||||
κορβανP45 | It is Corban, | κορβᾶν, | It is Corban, | κορβαν | | | corbam | Corban | It is Corban, | ܠܐܒܘܗܝ | It is Corban, | Κορβᾶν | It is Corban, | |||||
οP45 | that | ὅ | that | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὅ | that | |||||
εστινP45 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | — | — | ἐστιν | is | |||||
δωρονP45 | a gift, | δῶρον, | a gift, | δωρον | | | donum | donum | a gift, | ܠܐܡܗ | a gift, | δῶρον | a gift, | |||||
οP45 | whatever | ὃ | whatever | ο | | | quodcumque | — | — | — | — | ὃ | whatever | |||||
εανP45 | if | ἐὰν | if | — | | | ex | ex | if | ܡܕܡ | if | ἐὰν | if | |||||
εξP45 | from | ἐξ | from | — | | | me | me | from | — | — | ἐξ | from | |||||
εμουP45 | me | ἐμοῦ | me | — | | | tibi | tibi | me | ܕܡܢܝ | me | ἐμοῦ | me | |||||
ωφεληθησP45 | you shall be profited, | ὠφεληθῇς, | you shall be profited, | ωφεληθης | | | proderit | profuerit | you shall be profited, | ܬܐܬܪ | you shall be profited, | ὠφεληθῇς | you shall be profited, | |||||
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