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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὑμῶν | Of you | — | | | uestri | Vestri | Of you | ܕܝܠܟܘܢ | Of you | ὑμῶν | Of you | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | — | | | sed | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | καὶ | even | και | | | capilli | capilli | even | ܐܦ | even | καὶ | even | ||||||
| — | αἱ | the | αι | | | — | — | — | — | — | αἱ | the | ||||||
| — | τρίχες | hairs | τριχες | | | — | — | — | ܡܢܐ | hairs | τρίχες | hairs | ||||||
| — | τῆς | of the | της | | | et | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | ||||||
| — | κεφαλῆς | head | κεφαλης | | | capitis | capitis | head | ܕܪܫܟܘܢ | head | κεφαλῆς | head | ||||||
| — | πᾶσαι | all | πασαι | | | omnes | omnes | all | ܟܠܗܝܢ | all | πᾶσαι | all | ||||||
| — | ἠριθμημέναι | numbered | ηριθμημεναι | | | numerati | numerati | numbered | ܡܢܝܢ | numbered | ἠριθμημέναι | numbered | ||||||
| — | εἰσίν. | are. | εισιν | | | sunt | sunt | are. | ܐܢܝܢ | are. | εἰσίν | are. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:32 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||