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 | ||||||||||||
γρηγορειταιP35 | do watch | Γρηγορεῖτε | do watch | — | | | uigilate | Vigilate | do watch | ܐܬܬܥܝܪܘ | do watch | Γρηγορεῖτε | do watch | |||||
ουνP35 | therefore, | οὖν, | therefore, | ουν | | | ergo | — | — | — | — | οὖν | therefore, | |||||
οτιP35 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | — | itaque | for | ܗܟܝܠ | for | ὅτι | for | |||||
ουκP35 | neither | οὐκ | neither | ουκ | | | — | — | — | ܕܠܐ | neither | οὐκ | neither | |||||
οιδατεP35 | do you know | οἴδατε | do you know | οιδατε | | | — | quia | do you know | — | — | οἴδατε | do you know | |||||
τηνP35 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
ημερανP35 | day | ἡμέραν | day | ημεραν | | | — | — | — | ܝܕܥܝܢ | day | ἡμέραν | day | |||||
ουδεP35 | nor know | οὐδὲ | nor know | ουδε | | | nescitis | nescitis | nor know | ܐܢܬܘܢ | nor know | οὐδὲ | nor know | |||||
τηνP35 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
ωρανP35 | hour | ὥραν | hour | ωραν | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὥραν | hour | |||||
ἐνP35 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | diem | diem | in | ܠܝܘܡܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
ᾗP35 | who | ᾗ | who | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ᾗ | who | |||||
ὁP35 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
υἱὸςP35 | son | υἱὸς | son | — | | | — | neque | son | — | — | υἱὸς | son | |||||
τοῦP35 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ἀνθρώπουP35 | of man | ἀνθρώπου | of man | — | | | nec | — | — | ܘܠܐ | of man | ἀνθρώπου | of man | |||||
ἔρχεται.¶P35 | comes. | ἔρχεται.¶ | comes. | — | | | horam | horam | comes. | ܠܫܥܬܐ | comes. | ἔρχεται | comes. | |||||
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