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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܫܕܪܗ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
απεστειλενP45 | He sent | ἀπέστειλεν | He sent | απεστειλεν | | | dimisit | misit | He sent | — | — | ἀπέστειλεν | He sent | |||||
αὐτὸνP45 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | illum | illum | him | ܠܒܝܬܗ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
εἰςP45 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܘܐܡܪ | to | εἰς | to | |||||
τὸνP45 | the | τὸν | the | — | | | nemini | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
οἶκονP45 | home | οἶκον | home | οικον | | | domum | domum | home | — | — | οἶκον | home | |||||
αὐτοῦP45 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | suam | suam | of him | ܐܦ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
λέγων·P45 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | — | | | ait | dicens | saying; | ܠܐ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||
μηδὲP45 | Not | μηδὲ | Not | — | | | uade | Vade | Not | — | — | Μηδὲ | Not | |||||
εἰςP45 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܠܩܪܝܬܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
τὴνP45 | the | τὴν | the | — | | | dixeris | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
κώμηνP45 | village | κώμην | village | — | | | domum | domum | village | ܬܥܘܠ | village | κώμην | village | |||||
εἰσέλθῃςP45 | shall you enter | εἰσέλθῃς | shall you enter | — | | | tuam | tuam | shall you enter | — | — | εἰσέλθῃς | shall you enter | |||||
μηδὲP45 | nor | μηδὲ | nor | μηδενι | | | et | et | nor | ܘܠܐ | nor | μηδὲ | nor | |||||
εἴπῃςP45 | may you speak | εἴπῃς | may you speak | ειπης | | | — | si | may you speak | ܬܐܡܪ | may you speak | εἴπῃς | may you speak | |||||
τινὶP45 | to anyone | τινὶ | to anyone | — | | | in | in | to anyone | — | — | τινὶ | to anyone | |||||
ἐνP45 | in | ἐν | in | — | | | uico | vicum | in | ܠܐܢܫ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τῇP45 | <the> | τῇ | <the> | — | | | illi | — | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | |||||
κώμῃ.¶P45 | village. | κώμῃ.¶ | village. | κωμην | | | et | introieris | village. | ܒܩܪܝܬܐ | village. | κώμῃ | village. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 8:34 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||