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 | ||||||||||||
μηP19 | Not | Μὴ | Not | μη | | | nolite | Nolite | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | |||||
ουνP19 | may you think | νομίσητε | may you think | — | | | putare | arbitrari | may you think | ܬܤܒܪܘܢ | may you think | νομίσητε | may you think | |||||
νομισητεP19 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܕܐܬܝܬ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
οτιP19 | I came | ἦλθον | I came | ηλθον | | | pacem | pacem | I came | — | — | ἦλθον | I came | |||||
ηλθονP19 | to bring | βαλεῖν | to bring | βαλειν | | | ueni | venerim | to bring | ܕܐܪܡܐ | to bring | βαλεῖν | to bring | |||||
βαλεινP19 | peace | εἰρήνην | peace | ειρηνην | | | mittere | mittere | peace | ܫܝܢܐ | peace | εἰρήνην | peace | |||||
ειρηνηνP19 | to | ἐπὶ | to | επι | | | — | in | to | ܒܐܪܥܐ | to | ἐπὶ | to | |||||
επιP19 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | super | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
τηνP19 | earth; | γῆν· | earth; | γην | | | terram | terram | earth; | ܠܐ | earth; | γῆν | earth; | |||||
γηνP19 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܐܬܝܬ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ουκP19 | I came | ἦλθον | I came | ηλθον | | | ueni | veni | I came | ܕܐܪܡܐ | I came | ἦλθον | I came | |||||
ηλθονP19 | to bring | βαλεῖν | to bring | βαλειν | | | pacem | pacem | to bring | — | — | βαλεῖν | to bring | |||||
βαλεινP19 | peace | εἰρήνην | peace | ειρην | | | mittere | mittere | peace | ܫܝܢܐ | peace | εἰρήνην | peace | |||||
ειρηνηνP19 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
αλλαP19 | a sword. | μάχαιραν. | a sword. | μαχαιραν | | | gladium | gladium | a sword. | ܚܪܒܐ | a sword. | μάχαιραν | a sword. | |||||
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