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 | ||||||||||||
παραδοσινP45 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | primo | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | |||||
τωνP45 | For | γὰρ | For | γαρ | | | pharisaei | Pharisæi | For | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | For | |||||
πρεσβυτερωνP45 | the Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | the Pharisees | φαρισαιοι | | | enim | enim | the Pharisees | ܓܝܪ | the Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | the Pharisees | |||||
καὶP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܝܗܘܕܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
πάντεςP45 | all | πάντες | all | παντες | | | omnes | omnes | all | ܘܦܪܝܫܐ | all | πάντες | all | |||||
οἱP45 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
ἸουδαῖοιP45 | Jews | Ἰουδαῖοι | Jews | ϊουδαιοι | | | iudaei | Judæi | Jews | ܐܢ | Jews | Ἰουδαῖοι | Jews | |||||
ἐὰνP45 | only | ἐὰν | only | εαν | | | nisi | nisi | only | ܗܘ | only | ἐὰν | only | |||||
μὴP45 | unless | μὴ | unless | μη | | | tas | crebro | unless | ܕܒܛܝܠܐܝܬ | unless | μὴ | unless | |||||
πυγμῇP45 | with a fist | πυγμῇ | with a fist | πυγμη | | | — | — | — | ܠܐ | with a fist | πυγμῇ | with a fist | |||||
νίψωνταιP45 | they shall wash | νίψωνται | they shall wash | νιψωνται | | | lauerint | laverint | they shall wash | ܡܫܝܓܝܢ | they shall wash | νίψωνται | they shall wash | |||||
τὰςP45 | the | τὰς | the | τας | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | |||||
χεῖρας,P45 | hands, | χεῖρας, | hands, | χειρας | | | χeir | manus | hands, | ܐܝܕܝܗܘܢ | hands, | χεῖρας | hands, | |||||
οὐκP45 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ἐσθίουσινP45 | eat | ἐσθίουσιν | eat | εσθειουσιν | | | manducant | manducant | eat | ܠܥܤܝܢ | eat | ἐσθίουσιν | eat | |||||
κρατοῦντεςP45 | holding | κρατοῦντες | holding | κρατουντες | | | tenentes | tenentes | holding | ܡܛܠ | holding | κρατοῦντες | holding | |||||
τὴνP45 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
παράδοσινP45 | tradition | παράδοσιν | tradition | παραδοσιν | | | traditionem | traditionem | tradition | ܕܐܚܝܕܝܢ | tradition | παράδοσιν | tradition | |||||
τῶνP45 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | panem | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
πρεσβυτέρων·P45 | elders; | πρεσβυτέρων· | elders; | πρεσβυτερων | | | seniorum | seniorum | elders; | ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ | elders; | πρεσβυτέρων | elders; | |||||
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