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 | ||||||||||||
οP110 | What | ὃ | What | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | Ὃ | What | |||||
λεγωP110 | I tell | λέγω | I tell | λεγω | | | dico | dico | I tell | ܕܐܡܪ | I tell | λέγω | I tell | |||||
υμινP110 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | you | ܐܢܐ | you | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
ενP110 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܠܟܘܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τηP110 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | praedicate | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
σκοτιαP110 | darkness | σκοτίᾳ | darkness | σκοτια | | | tenebris | tenebris | darkness | ܒܚܫܘܟܐ | darkness | σκοτίᾳ | darkness | |||||
εἴπατεP110 | do speak | εἴπατε | do speak | ειπατε | | | dicite | dicite | do speak | ܐܘܡܪܘܗܝ | do speak | εἴπατε | do speak | |||||
ἐνP110 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܐܢܬܘܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τῷP110 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
φωτί,P110 | light, | φωτί, | light, | φωτι | | | lumine | lumine | light, | — | — | φωτί | light, | |||||
καὶP110 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܒܢܗܝܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ὃP110 | what | ὃ | what | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὃ | what | |||||
εἰςP110 | in | εἰς | in | εις | | | in | in | in | ܕܒܐܕܢܝܟܘܢ | in | εἰς | in | |||||
τὸP110 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
οὖςP110 | ear | οὖς | ear | ους | | | aure | aure | ear | ܫܡܥܝܢ | ear | οὖς | ear | |||||
ἀκούετεP110 | you hear | ἀκούετε | you hear | ακουετε | | | audistis | auditis | you hear | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you hear | ἀκούετε | you hear | |||||
κηρύξατεP110 | do proclaim | κηρύξατε | do proclaim | — | | | — | prædicate | do proclaim | ܐܟܪܙܘ | do proclaim | κηρύξατε | do proclaim | |||||
ἐπὶP110 | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | — | super | upon | ܥܠ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | |||||
τῶνP110 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
δωμάτων.P110 | housetops! | δωμάτων. | housetops! | δωματων | | | tectis | tecta | housetops! | ܐܓܪܐ | housetops! | δωμάτων | housetops! | |||||
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