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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οὐχὶ | Surely | ουχι | | | nonne | Nonne | Surely | ܠܐ | Surely | Οὐχὶ | Surely | ||||||
| — | δύο | two | δυο | | | duo | duo | two | ܬܪܬܝܢ | two | δύο | two | ||||||
| — | στρουθία | sparrows | στρουθια | | | passeres | passeres | sparrows | ܨܦܪܝܢ | sparrows | στρουθία | sparrows | ||||||
| — | ἀσσαρίου | for an assarion | — | | | asse | asse | for an assarion | ܡܙܕܒܢܢ | for an assarion | ἀσσαρίου | for an assarion | ||||||
| — | πωλεῖται; | are sold? | — | | | ueniunt | veneunt | are sold? | — | — | πωλεῖται | are sold? | ||||||
| — | καὶ | And | — | | | et | et | And | ܒܐܤܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἓν | one | — | | | unum | unus | one | ܘܚܕܐ | one | ἓν | one | ||||||
| — | ἐξ | of | — | | | ex | ex | of | ܡܢܗܝܢ | of | ἐξ | of | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | them | — | | | his | illis | them | ܒܠܥܕ | them | αὐτῶν | them | ||||||
| — | οὐ | not | — | | | non | non | not | ܡܢ | not | οὐ | not | ||||||
| — | πεσεῖται | will fall | — | | | cadet | cadet | will fall | ܐܒܘܟܘܢ | will fall | πεσεῖται | will fall | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | to | — | | | super | super | to | — | — | ἐπὶ | to | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | γῆν | ground | — | | | terram | terram | ground | ܠܐ | ground | γῆν | ground | ||||||
| — | ἄνευ | apart from | — | | | sine | sine | apart from | ܢܦܠܐ | apart from | ἄνευ | apart from | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | πατρὸς | Father | πατρος | | | patre | Patre | Father | ܥܠ | Father | πατρὸς | Father | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν. | of you! | ϋμων | | | uestro | vestro | of you! | ܐܪܥܐ | of you! | ὑμῶν | of you! | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:32 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||