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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | Then | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | |||||
τοισP45 | will He say | ἐρεῖ | will He say | ερι | | | ite | dicet | will He say | ܢܐܡܪ | will He say | ἐρεῖ | will He say | |||||
εξP45 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
ευωνυμωνP45 | to those | τοῖς | to those | τοις | | | aeternum | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to those | |||||
πορευεσθεP45 | on | ἐξ | on | εξ | | | his | his | on | ܠܗܢܘܢ | on | ἐξ | on | |||||
απP45 | the left; | εὐωνύμων· | the left; | ευωνυμων | | | qui | qui | the left; | ܕܡܢ | the left; | εὐωνύμων | the left; | |||||
εμουP45 | do depart | πορεύεσθε | do depart | — | | | ait | a | do depart | ܤܡܠܗ | do depart | Πορεύεσθε | do depart | |||||
οιP45 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | sinistris | sinistris | from | ܙܠܘ | from | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
κατηραμενοιP45 | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | εμου | | | — | erunt | Me | ܠܟܘܢ | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | |||||
εισP45 | you who are | οἱ | you who are | οι | | | diabolo | — | — | — | — | οἱ | you who are | |||||
τοP45 | cursed | κατηραμένοι | cursed | κατηραμενοι | | | quod | Discedite | cursed | — | — | κατηραμένοι | cursed | |||||
πυρP45 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | a | a | into | ܡܢܝ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τοP45 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
αιωνιονP45 | fire | πῦρ | fire | πυρ | | | me | me | fire | ܠܝܛܐ | fire | πῦρ | fire | |||||
τοP45 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | a | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
ητοιμασμενονP45 | eternal | αἰώνιον | eternal | αιωνιον | | | maledicti | maledicti | eternal | ܠܢܘܪܐ | eternal | αἰώνιον | eternal | |||||
τωιP45 | which | τὸ | which | — | | | eius | — | — | — | — | τὸ | which | |||||
διαβολωιP45 | prepared | ἡτοιμασμένον | prepared | — | | | in | in | prepared | ܕܠܥܠܡ | prepared | ἡτοιμασμένον | prepared | |||||
καιP45 | for the | τῷ | for the | τω | | | praeparauit | — | — | — | — | τῷ | for the | |||||
τοισP45 | devil | διαβόλῳ | devil | διαβολω | | | igne | ignem | devil | ܗܝ | devil | διαβόλῳ | devil | |||||
αγγελοισP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | pater | æternum | and | ܕܡܛܝܒܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
αυτουP45 | the | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | |||||
ἀγγέλοιςP45 | angels | ἀγγέλοις | angels | αγγελοις | | | meus | qui | angels | ܠܐܟܠܩܪܨܐ | angels | ἀγγέλοις | angels | |||||
αὐτοῦ.P45 | of him. | αὐτοῦ. | of him. | αυτου | | | angelis | paratus | of him. | ܘܠܡܠܐܟܘܗܝ | of him. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | |||||
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