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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Μὴ | Neither | μη | | | nequae | Nolite | Neither | ܠܐ | Neither | Μὴ | Neither | ||||||
| — | κτήσησθε | may take along | κτησησθε | | | possideritis | possidere | may take along | ܬܩܢܘܢ | may take along | κτήσησθε | may take along | ||||||
| — | χρυσὸν | gold | χρυσον | | | aurum | aurum | gold | — | — | χρυσόν | gold | ||||||
| — | μηδὲ | nor | — | | | ne | neque | nor | ܕܗܒܐ | nor | μηδὲ | nor | ||||||
| — | ἄργυρον | silver | αργυρον | | | argentum | argentum | silver | ܘܠܐ | silver | ἄργυρον | silver | ||||||
| — | μηδὲ | nor | — | | | neque | neque | nor | ܤܐܡܐ | nor | μηδὲ | nor | ||||||
| — | χαλκὸν | copper | χαλκον | | | — | pecuniam | copper | ܘܠܐ | copper | χαλκὸν | copper | ||||||
| — | εἰς | in | εις | | | in | in | in | — | — | εἰς | in | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | τας | | | aes | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | ζώνας | belts | ζωνας | | | zonis | zonis | belts | ܢܚܫܐ | belts | ζώνας | belts | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν, | of you, | ϋμων | | | uestris | vestris | of you, | ܒܟܝܤܝܟܘܢ | of you, | ὑμῶν | of you, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||