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 | ||||||||||||
ουτεP75 | Neither is it | οὔτε | Neither is it | ουτε | | | neque | Neque | Neither is it | ܠܐ | Neither is it | Οὔτε | Neither is it | |||||
εισP75 | for | εἰς | for | εις | | | in | in | for | ܠܐܪܥܐ | for | εἰς | for | |||||
τηνP75 | soil | γῆν | soil | γην | | | terram | terram | soil | ܘܠܐ | soil | γῆν | soil | |||||
γηνP75 | nor | οὔτε | nor | ουτε | | | neque | neque | nor | ܠܙܒܠܐ | nor | οὔτε | nor | |||||
ουτεP75 | for | εἰς | for | εις | | | in | in | for | ܐܙܠܐ | for | εἰς | for | |||||
εισP75 | manure | κοπρίαν | manure | κοπριαν | | | stercore | sterquilinium | manure | ܠܒܪ | manure | κοπρίαν | manure | |||||
κοπριανP75 | fit | εὔθετόν | fit | ευθετον | | | utile | utile | fit | ܫܕܝܢ | fit | εὔθετόν | fit | |||||
ευθετονP75 | is it; | ἐστιν· | is it; | εστιν | | | est | est | is it; | — | — | ἐστιν | is it; | |||||
εστινP75 | out | ἔξω | out | εξω | | | illud | sed | out | ܠܗ | out | ἔξω | out | |||||
εξωP75 | they cast | βάλλουσιν | they cast | βαλλουσιν | | | foras | foras | they cast | ܡܢ | they cast | βάλλουσιν | they cast | |||||
βαλλουσινP75 | it. | αὐτό. | it. | αυτον | | | mittent | mittetur | it. | ܕܐܝܬ | it. | αὐτό | it. | |||||
αυτοP75 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
οP75 | having | ἔχων | having | εχων | | | habet | habet | having | ܠܗ | having | ἔχων | having | |||||
εχωνP75 | ears | ὦτα | ears | ωτα | | | aures | aures | ears | ܐܕܢܐ | ears | ὦτα | ears | |||||
ωταP75 | to hear | ἀκούειν | to hear | ακουειν | | | audiendi | audiendi | to hear | ܕܢܫܡܥ | to hear | ἀκούειν | to hear | |||||
ακουεινP75 | he should hear. | ἀκουέτω.¶ | he should hear. | ακουετω | | | audiat | audiat | he should hear. | ܢܫܡܥ | he should hear. | ἀκουέτω | he should hear. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 15:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||