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 | ||||||||||||
καιP77 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܦ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
υμεισP77 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
πληρωσατεP77 | do fill up | πληρώσατε | do fill up | — | | | inplestis | implete | do fill up | — | — | πληρώσατε | do fill up | |||||
τοP77 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
μετρονP77 | measure | μέτρον | measure | μετρον | | | mensuram | mensuram | measure | ܡܠܘ | measure | μέτρον | measure | |||||
τωνP77 | of the | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
πατερωνP77 | fathers | πατέρων | fathers | πατερων | | | patrum | patrum | fathers | ܡܫܘܚܬܐ | fathers | πατέρων | fathers | |||||
υμωνP77 | of you. | ὑμῶν. | of you. | ϋμων | | | uestrorum | vestrorum | of you. | ܕܐܒܗܝܟܘܢ | of you. | ὑμῶν | of you. | |||||
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