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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Μὴ | Not | μη | | | — | Nolite | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | ||||||
| — | θησαυρίζετε | do store up | — | | | — | thesaurizare | do store up | ܬܤܝܡܘܢ | do store up | θησαυρίζετε | do store up | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν | for yourselves | ϋμειν | | | — | vobis | for yourselves | — | — | ὑμῖν | for yourselves | ||||||
| — | θησαυροὺς | treasures | θησαυρους | | | — | thesauros | treasures | ܠܟܘܢ | treasures | θησαυροὺς | treasures | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | — | in | upon | ܤܝܡܬܐ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | γῆς, | earth, | γης | | | — | terra | earth, | ܒܐܪܥܐ | earth, | γῆς | earth, | ||||||
| — | ὅπου | where | οπου | | | — | ubi | where | — | — | ὅπου | where | ||||||
| — | σὴς | moth | σης | | | — | ærugo | moth | ܐܬܪ | moth | σὴς | moth | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܕܤܤܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | βρῶσις | rust | βρωσεις | | | — | tinea | rust | ܘܐܟܠܐ | rust | βρῶσις | rust | ||||||
| — | ἀφανίζει | destroy | — | | | — | demolitur | destroy | — | — | ἀφανίζει | destroy | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܡܚܒܠܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὅπου | where | οπου | | | — | ubi | where | ܘܐܝܟܐ | where | ὅπου | where | ||||||
| — | κλέπται | thieves | κλεπται | | | — | fures | thieves | ܕܓܢܒܐ | thieves | κλέπται | thieves | ||||||
| — | διορύσσουσιν | break in | διορυσσουσιν | | | — | effodiunt | break in | — | — | διορύσσουσιν | break in | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܦܠܫܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | κλέπτουσιν· | steal; | κλεπτουσιν | | | — | furantur | steal; | ܘܓܢܒܝܢ | steal; | κλέπτουσιν | steal; | ||||||
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