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 | ||||||||||||
ματηνP45 | In vain | μάτην | In vain | ματην | | | in | in | In vain | ܘܤܪܝܩܐܝܬ | In vain | Μάτην | In vain | |||||
δεP45 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | uanum | vanum | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
σεβονταιP45 | they worship | σέβονταί | they worship | σεβονται | | | autem | autem | they worship | ܠܝ | they worship | σέβονταί | they worship | |||||
μεP45 | Me | με | Me | με | | | me | me | Me | ܟܕ | Me | με | Me | |||||
διδασκοντεσP45 | teaching | διδάσκοντες | teaching | διδασκοντες | | | colunt | colunt | teaching | ܡܠܦܝܢ | teaching | διδάσκοντες | teaching | |||||
διδασκαλιασP45 | as doctrines | διδασκαλίας, | as doctrines | διδασκαλειας | | | docentes | docentes | as doctrines | ܝܘܠܦܢܐ | as doctrines | διδασκαλίας | as doctrines | |||||
καιP45 | the precepts | ἐντάλματα | the precepts | ενταλματα | | | doctrinas | doctrinas | the precepts | ܕܦܘܩܕܢܐ | the precepts | ἐντάλματα | the precepts | |||||
ενταλματαP45 | of men.’ | ἀνθρώπων.¶ | of men.’ | ανθρωπων | | | praecepta | et | of men.’ | ܕܒܢܝ | of men.’ | ἀνθρώπων | of men.’ | |||||
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