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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | δώσω | will give | — | | | dabo | dabo | will give | — | — | δώσω | will give | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | you | ܐܬܠ | you | ὑμῖν | you | ||||||
| — | στόμα | a mouth | στομα | | | os | os | a mouth | ܠܟܘܢ | a mouth | στόμα | a mouth | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܦܘܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | σοφίαν | wisdom | σοφιαν | | | sapientiam | sapientiam | wisdom | ܘܚܟܡܬܐ | wisdom | σοφίαν | wisdom | ||||||
| — | ᾗ | which | η | | | quam | — | — | — | — | ᾗ | which | ||||||
| — | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܐܝܕܐ | not | οὐ | not | ||||||
| — | δυνήσονται | will be able | δυνησονται | | | poterint | poterunt | will be able | ܕܠܐ | will be able | δυνήσονται | will be able | ||||||
| — | ἀντιστῆναι | to resist | αντιστηναι | | | — | resistere | to resist | ܢܫܟܚܘܢ | to resist | ἀντειπεῖν | to resist | ||||||
| — | ἢ | nor | — | | | aduersantes | — | — | — | — | οὐδὲ | nor | ||||||
| — | ἀντειπεῖν | to reply to | — | | | contradicere | contradicere | to reply to | — | — | ἀντιστῆναι | to reply to | ||||||
| — | ἅπαντες | all | — | | | omnss | omnes | all | ܠܩܘܒܠܗ | all | πάντες | all | ||||||
| — | οἱ | those | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | ||||||
| — | ἀντικείμενοι | opposing | αντικειμενοι | | | ad | adversarii | opposing | ܟܠܗܘܢ | opposing | ἀντικείμενοι | opposing | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν.¶ | you. | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vestri | you. | ܒܥܠܕܒܒܝܟܘܢ | you. | ὑμῖν | you. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||