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 | ||||||||||||
ηκουσατεP64+P67 | You have heard | Ἠκούσατε | You have heard | ηκουσατε | | | audistis | Audistis | You have heard | ܫܡܥܬܘܢ | You have heard | Ἠκούσατε | You have heard | |||||
οτιP64+P67 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܕܐܬܐܡܪ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
ερρεθηP64+P67 | it was said | ἐρρέθη | it was said | — | | | dictum | dictum | it was said | — | — | ἐρρέθη | it was said | |||||
τοισP64+P67 | to the | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | enim | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | |||||
αρχαιοισP64+P67 | ancients; | ἀρχαίοις· | ancients; | αρχαιοις | | | est | est | ancients; | ܠܩܕܡܝܐ | ancients; | ἀρχαίοις | ancients; | |||||
ουP64+P67 | Not | οὐ | Not | ου | | | antiquis | antiquis | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐ | Not | |||||
φονευσεισP64+P67 | you will murder; | φονεύσεις· | you will murder; | φονευσεις | | | non | Non | you will murder; | ܬܩܛܘܠ | you will murder; | φονεύσεις | you will murder; | |||||
οσP64+P67 | whoever | ὃς | whoever | ος | | | occides | occides | whoever | — | — | ὃς | whoever | |||||
δP64+P67 | now | δ᾽ | now | δ | | | quicumque | qui | now | ܘܟܠ | now | δ’ | now | |||||
ανP64+P67 | maybe | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | — | autem | maybe | ܕܢܩܛܘܠ | maybe | ἂν | maybe | |||||
φονευσηP64+P67 | may murder, | φονεύσῃ, | may murder, | φονευση | | | occiderit | occiderit | may murder, | ܡܚܝܒ | may murder, | φονεύσῃ | may murder, | |||||
ενοχοσP64+P67 | liable | ἔνοχος | liable | ενοχος | | | reus | reus | liable | — | — | ἔνοχος | liable | |||||
εσταιP64+P67 | will be | ἔσται | will be | — | | | erit | erit | will be | ܗܘ | will be | ἔσται | will be | |||||
τηP64+P67 | to the | τῇ | to the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | to the | |||||
κρισειP64+P67 | judgment;’ | κρίσει· | judgment;’ | κρισει | | | iudicio | judicio | judgment;’ | ܠܕܝܢܐ | judgment;’ | κρίσει | judgment;’ | |||||
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