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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἀσθενοῦντας | Those ailing | ασθενουντας | | | infirmos | Infirmos | Those ailing | ܟܪܝܗܐ | Those ailing | Ἀσθενοῦντας | Those ailing | ||||||
| — | θεραπεύετε, | do heal, | — | | | curate | curate | do heal, | ܐܤܘ | do heal, | θεραπεύετε | do heal, | ||||||
| — | νεκροὺς | dead | νεκρους | | | mortuos | mortuos | dead | ܘܓܪܒܐ | dead | λεπροὺς | dead | ||||||
| — | ἐγείρετε, | do raise, | — | | | suscitate | suscitate | do raise, | — | — | καθαρίζετε | do raise, | ||||||
| — | λεπροὺς | lepers | λεπρους | | | leprosos | leprosos | lepers | ܕܟܘ | lepers | δαιμόνια | lepers | ||||||
| — | καθαρίζετε, | do cleanse, | — | | | purgate | mundate | do cleanse, | ܘܕܝܘܐ | do cleanse, | ἐκβάλλετε | do cleanse, | ||||||
| — | δαιμόνια | demons | δαιμονια | | | daemonia | dæmones | demons | ܐܦܩܘ | demons | δωρεὰν | demons | ||||||
| — | ἐκβάλλετε· | do cast out; | — | | | eiecite | ejicite | do cast out; | ܡܓܢ | do cast out; | ἐλάβετε | do cast out; | ||||||
| — | δωρεὰν | freely | δωρεαν | | | gratis | gratis | freely | — | — | δωρεὰν | freely | ||||||
| — | ἐλάβετε, | you received, | ελαβετε | | | accepistis | accepistis | you received, | ܢܤܒܬܘܢ | you received, | δότε | you received, | ||||||
| — | δωρεὰν | freely | δωρεαν | | | gratis | gratis | freely | ܡܓܢ | freely | δωρεὰν | freely | ||||||
| — | δότε.¶ | do give. | δοτε | | | date | date | do give. | ܗܒܘ | do give. | δότε.¶ | do give. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||