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 | ||||||||||||
περισσευσηP64+P67 | I say | λέγω | I say | — | | | — | Dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | Λέγω | I say | |||||
υμωνP64+P67 | for | γὰρ | for | — | | | — | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ηP64+P67 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | — | | | — | vobis | to you | — | — | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
δικαιοσυνηP64+P67 | that | ὅτι | that | — | | | — | quia | that | ܠܟܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
πλειονP64+P67 | only | ἐὰν | only | — | | | — | nisi | only | ܓܝܪ | only | ἐὰν | only | |||||
τωνP64+P67 | unless | μὴ | unless | — | | | — | abundaverit | unless | ܕܐܠܐ | unless | μὴ | unless | |||||
γραμματεωνP64+P67 | shall abound | περισσεύσῃ | shall abound | — | | | — | justitia | shall abound | ܬܐܬܪ | shall abound | περισσεύσῃ | shall abound | |||||
καιP64+P67 | your | ὑμῶν | your | — | | | — | vestra | your | — | — | ἡ | your | |||||
φαρισαιωνP64+P67 | <the> | ἡ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | δικαιοσύνη | <the> | |||||
ουP64+P67 | righteousness | δικαιοσύνη | righteousness | — | | | — | plus | righteousness | ܟܐܢܘܬܟܘܢ | righteousness | ὑμῶν | righteousness | |||||
μηP64+P67 | above that | πλεῖον | above that | — | | | — | — | — | ܝܬܝܪ | above that | πλεῖον | above that | |||||
εισελθητεP64+P67 | of the | τῶν | of the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
εισP64+P67 | scribes | γραμματέων | scribes | — | | | — | quam | scribes | ܡܢ | scribes | γραμματέων | scribes | |||||
τηνP64+P67 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | scribarum | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
βασιλειανP64+P67 | Pharisees, | Φαρισαίων, | Pharisees, | — | | | — | et | Pharisees, | ܕܤܦܪܐ | Pharisees, | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees, | |||||
τωνP64+P67 | certainly | οὐ | certainly | — | | | — | pharisæorum | certainly | ܘܦܪܝܫܐ | certainly | οὐ | certainly | |||||
ουρανωνP64+P67 | not | μὴ | not | — | | | — | non | not | ܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
εἰσέλθητεP64+P67 | shall you enter | εἰσέλθητε | shall you enter | — | | | — | intrabitis | shall you enter | ܬܥܠܘܢ | shall you enter | εἰσέλθητε | shall you enter | |||||
εἰςP64+P67 | into | εἰς | into | — | | | — | in | into | — | — | εἰς | into | |||||
τὴνP64+P67 | the | τὴν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
βασιλείανP64+P67 | kingdom | βασιλείαν | kingdom | — | | | — | regnum | kingdom | ܠܡܠܟܘܬܐ | kingdom | βασιλείαν | kingdom | |||||
τῶνP64+P67 | of the | τῶν | of the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||
οὐρανῶν.¶P64+P67 | heavens. | οὐρανῶν.¶ | heavens. | — | | | — | cælorum | heavens. | ܕܫܡܝܐ | heavens. | οὐρανῶν | heavens. | |||||
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