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 | ||||||||||||
μηP110 | Not | μὴ | Not | μη | | | ne | Ne | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | |||||
ουνP110 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܗܟܝܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
φοβηθητεP110 | do fear | φοβηθῆτε | do fear | φοβηθητε | | | timueritis | timueritis | do fear | — | — | φοβηθῆτε | do fear | |||||
αυτουσP110 | them; | αὐτούς· | them; | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them; | ܬܕܚܠܘܢ | them; | αὐτούς | them; | |||||
ουδενP110 | no thing | οὐδὲν | no thing | ουδεν | | | nihil | Nihil | no thing | ܡܢܗܘܢ | no thing | οὐδὲν | no thing | |||||
γαρP110 | for | γάρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | |||||
εστινP110 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܓܝܪ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
κεκαλυμμενονP110 | concealed | κεκαλυμμένον | concealed | κεκαλυμμενον | | | coopertum | opertum | concealed | — | — | κεκαλυμμένον | concealed | |||||
οP110 | which | ὃ | which | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὃ | which | |||||
ουκP110 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܕܟܤܐ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
αποκαλυφθησεταιP110 | will be revealed | ἀποκαλυφθήσεται | will be revealed | αποκαλυφθησεται | | | reuelabitur | revelabitur | will be revealed | ܕܠܐ | will be revealed | ἀποκαλυφθήσεται | will be revealed | |||||
καιP110 | or | καὶ | or | και | | | et | et | or | ܢܬܓܠܐ | or | καὶ | or | |||||
κρυπτονP110 | hidden | κρυπτὸν | hidden | κρυπτον | | | absconsum | occultum | hidden | — | — | κρυπτὸν | hidden | |||||
οP110 | which | ὃ | which | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὃ | which | |||||
ουP110 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܕܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
γνωσθησεταιP110 | will be known. | γνωσθήσεται. | will be known. | γνωσθησεται | | | scietur | scietur | will be known. | ܢܬܝܕܥ | will be known. | γνωσθήσεται | will be known. | |||||
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