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 | ||||||||||||
οφθαλμουσP45 | Eyes | ὀφθαλμοὺς | Eyes | οφθαλμους | | | oculos | oculos | Eyes | ܘܥܝܢܐ | Eyes | Ὀφθαλμοὺς | Eyes | |||||
εχοντεσP45 | having | ἔχοντες | having | εχοντες | | | habentes | habentes | having | ܐܝܬ | having | ἔχοντες | having | |||||
ουP45 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܠܟܘܢ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
βλεπετεP45 | do you see? | βλέπετε, | do you see? | — | | | uidetis | videtis | do you see? | ܘܠܐ | do you see? | βλέπετε | do you see? | |||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܚܙܝܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ωταP45 | ears | ὦτα | ears | ωτα | | | nec | — | — | ܐܢܬܘܢ | ears | ὦτα | ears | |||||
εχοντεσP45 | having | ἔχοντες | having | εχοντες | | | aures | aures | having | ܘܐܕܢܐ | having | ἔχοντες | having | |||||
ουκP45 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | habentes | habentes | not | ܐܝܬ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ακουετεP45 | do you hear? | ἀκούετε; | do you hear? | ακουετε | | | non | non | do you hear? | ܠܟܘܢ | do you hear? | ἀκούετε | do you hear? | |||||
ουπωP45 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | auditis | auditis | And | ܘܠܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
νοειτεP45 | not | οὐ | not | — | | | nec | nec | not | ܫܡܥܝܢ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
ουδεP45 | do you remember? | μνημονεύετε; | do you remember? | μνημονευετε | | | — | recordamini | do you remember? | ܐܢܬܘܢ | do you remember? | μνημονεύετε | do you remember? | |||||
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