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 | ||||||||||||
μοιχευθηναιP25 | I say | Λέγω | I say | λεγω | | | dico | Dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | Λέγω | I say | |||||
ωσαυτωσP25 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
καιP25 | to you: | ὑμῖν· | to you: | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you: | — | — | ὑμῖν | to you: | |||||
οP25 | that | ὅτι | that | — | | | excepta | quia | that | ܠܟܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
γαμωνP25 | whoever | ὃς | whoever | ος | | | quicumque | quicumque | whoever | ܕܝܢ | whoever | ὃς | whoever | |||||
απολελυμενηνP25 | maybe | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | dimiserit | dimiserit | maybe | ܕܡܢ | maybe | ἂν | maybe | |||||
μοιχαταιP25 | may divorce | ἀπολύσῃ | may divorce | απολυση | | | uxorem | uxorem | may divorce | — | — | ἀπολύσῃ | may divorce | |||||
τὴνP25 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
γυναῖκαP25 | wife | γυναῖκα | wife | γυναικα | | | suam | suam | wife | ܕܫܒܩ | wife | γυναῖκα | wife | |||||
αὐτοῦP25 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | — | nisi | of him | ܐܢܬܬܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
εἰP25 | only | εἰ | only | — | | | — | ob | only | ܕܠܐ | only | μὴ | only | |||||
μὴP25 | except | μὴ | except | — | | | ratione | — | — | — | — | ἐπὶ | except | |||||
ἐπὶP25 | for | ἐπὶ | for | — | | | — | fornicationem | for | ܓܘܪܐ | for | πορνείᾳ | for | |||||
πορνείᾳP25 | sexual immorality | πορνείᾳ | sexual immorality | πορνειας | | | et | et | sexual immorality | ܘܢܤܒ | sexual immorality | καὶ | sexual immorality | |||||
καὶP25 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | aliam | aliam | and | ܐܚܪܬܐ | and | γαμήσῃ | and | |||||
γαμήσῃP25 | shall marry | γαμήσῃ | shall marry | γαμηση | | | duxerit | duxerit | shall marry | — | — | ἄλλην | shall marry | |||||
ἄλλην,P25 | another, | ἄλλην, | another, | αλλην | | | — | mœchatur | another, | ܓܐܪ | another, | μοιχᾶται | another, | |||||
μοιχᾶται.P25 | commits adultery. | μοιχᾶται. | commits adultery. | μοιχαται | | | — | et | commits adultery. | ܘܡܢ | commits adultery. | καὶ | commits adultery. | |||||
καὶP25 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | adulterii | qui | and | ܕܢܤܒ | and | ὁ | and | |||||
ὁP25 | which | ὁ | which | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀπολελυμένην | which | |||||
ἀπολελυμένηνP25 | divorced | ἀπολελυμένην | divorced | — | | | — | dimissam | divorced | — | — | γαμήσας | divorced | |||||
γαμήσαςP25 | having married | γαμήσας | having married | — | | | — | duxerit | having married | ܫܒܝܩܬܐ | having married | μοιχᾶται | having married | |||||
μοιχᾶται.¶P25 | commits adultery. | μοιχᾶται.¶ | commits adultery. | — | | | moechatur | mœchatur | commits adultery. | ܓܐܪ | commits adultery. | μοιχᾶται.¶ | commits adultery. | |||||
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