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 | ||||||||||||
υμεισP86 | You yourselves | Ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | Vos | You yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | You yourselves | Ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | |||||
εστεP86 | are | ἐστε | are | εστε | | | estis | estis | are | ܐܢܘܢ | are | ἐστε | are | |||||
τοP86 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | lumen | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
φωσP86 | light | φῶς | light | φως | | | — | lux | light | ܢܘܗܪܗ | light | φῶς | light | |||||
τουP86 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
κοσμουP86 | world; | κόσμου· | world; | κοσμου | | | mundi | mundi | world; | ܕܥܠܡܐ | world; | κόσμου | world; | |||||
ουP86 | Not | οὐ | Not | ου | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | οὐ | Not | |||||
δυναταιP86 | is able | δύναται | is able | δυναται | | | potest | potest | is able | ܡܫܟܚܐ | is able | δύναται | is able | |||||
πολισP86 | a city | πόλις | a city | πολις | | | ciuitas | civitas | a city | ܕܬܛܫܐ | a city | πόλις | a city | |||||
κρυβηναιP86 | to be hidden | κρυβῆναι | to be hidden | κρυβηναι | | | abscondi | abscondi | to be hidden | ܡܕܝܢܬܐ | to be hidden | κρυβῆναι | to be hidden | |||||
επανωP86 | on | ἐπάνω | on | επανω | | | super | supra | on | ܕܥܠ | on | ἐπάνω | on | |||||
ορουσP86 | a hill | ὄρους | a hill | ορους | | | montem | montem | a hill | ܛܘܪܐ | a hill | ὄρους | a hill | |||||
κειμενηP86 | lying; | κειμένη· | lying; | κειμενη | | | posita | posita | lying; | ܒܢܝܐ | lying; | κειμένη | lying; | |||||
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