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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | Ecce | Behold | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδού | Behold | ||||||
| — | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | ||||||
| — | ἀποστέλλω | send forth | αποστελλω | | | mitto | mitto | send forth | ܡܫܕܪ | send forth | ἀποστέλλω | send forth | ||||||
| — | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you | ܐܢܐ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ||||||
| — | ὡς | as | ως | | | sicut | sicut | as | ܠܟܘܢ | as | ὡς | as | ||||||
| — | πρόβατα | sheep | προβατα | | | oues | oves | sheep | ܐܝܟ | sheep | πρόβατα | sheep | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܐܡܪܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | μέσῳ | the midst | μεσω | | | medio | medio | the midst | ܒܝܢܝ | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | ||||||
| — | λύκων· | of wolves; | λυκων | | | luporum | luporum | of wolves; | — | — | λύκων | of wolves; | ||||||
| — | γίνεσθε | do be | γεινεσθε | | | estote | Estote | do be | ܕܐܒܐ | do be | γίνεσθε | do be | ||||||
| — | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܗܘܘ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ||||||
| — | φρόνιμοι | shrewd | φρονιμοι | | | sapientes | prudentes | shrewd | ܗܟܝܠ | shrewd | φρόνιμοι | shrewd | ||||||
| — | ὡς | as | ως | | | sicut | sicut | as | ܚܟܝܡܐ | as | ὡς | as | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄφεις | serpents | οφεις | | | serpentes | serpentes | serpents | ܐܝܟ | serpents | ὄφεις | serpents | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܚܘܘܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀκέραιοι | innocent | — | | | simplices | simplices | innocent | ܘܬܡܝܡܐ | innocent | ἀκέραιοι | innocent | ||||||
| — | ὡς | as | ως | | | sicut | sicut | as | ܐܝܟ | as | ὡς | as | ||||||
| — | αἱ | the | αι | | | — | — | — | — | — | αἱ | the | ||||||
| — | περιστεραί.¶ | doves. | περιστεραι | | | columbae | columbæ | doves. | ܝܘܢܐ | doves. | περιστεραί | doves. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:25 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||