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 | ||||||||||||
| — | θησαυρίζετε | do store up | θησαυριζετε | | | — | Thesaurizate | do store up | ܐܠܐ | do store up | θησαυρίζετε | do store up | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | — | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν | for yourselves | υ̇μειν | | | — | vobis | for yourselves | ܠܟܘܢ | for yourselves | ὑμῖν | for yourselves | ||||||
| — | θησαυροὺς | treasures | θησαυρουσους | | | — | thesauros | treasures | ܤܝܡܬܐ | treasures | θησαυροὺς | treasures | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | — | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | οὐρανῷ, | heaven, | ουρανω | | | — | cælo | heaven, | ܒܫܡܝܐ | heaven, | οὐρανῷ | heaven, | ||||||
| — | ὅπου | where | — | | | — | ubi | where | ܐܝܟܐ | where | ὅπου | where | ||||||
| — | οὔτε | neither | — | | | — | neque | neither | ܕܠܐ | neither | οὔτε | neither | ||||||
| — | σὴς | moth | — | | | — | ærugo | moth | ܤܤܐ | moth | σὴς | moth | ||||||
| — | οὔτε | nor | — | | | — | neque | nor | ܘܠܐ | nor | οὔτε | nor | ||||||
| — | βρῶσις | rust | — | | | — | tinea | rust | ܐܟܠܐ | rust | βρῶσις | rust | ||||||
| — | ἀφανίζει | destroy | — | | | — | demolitur | destroy | ܡܚܒܠܝܢ | destroy | ἀφανίζει | destroy | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܘܐܝܟܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὅπου | where | — | | | — | ubi | where | — | — | ὅπου | where | ||||||
| — | κλέπται | thieves | — | | | — | fures | thieves | ܕܓܢܒܐ | thieves | κλέπται | thieves | ||||||
| — | οὐ | not | — | | | — | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | ||||||
| — | διορύσσουσιν | do break in | — | | | — | effodiunt | do break in | ܦܠܫܝܢ | do break in | διορύσσουσιν | do break in | ||||||
| — | οὐδὲ | nor | — | | | — | nec | nor | ܘܠܐ | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | ||||||
| — | κλέπτουσιν· | steal; | — | | | — | furantur | steal; | ܓܢܒܝܢ | steal; | κλέπτουσιν | steal; | ||||||
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