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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὁ | The | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | iugum | Jugum | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ζυγός | yoke | ζυγος | | | enim | enim | yoke | ܓܝܪ | yoke | ζυγός | yoke | ||||||
| — | μου | of Mine | μου | | | meum | meum | of Mine | — | — | μου | of Mine | ||||||
| — | χρηστὸς | is easy | χρηστος | | | suaue | suave | is easy | ܒܤܝܡ | is easy | χρηστός | is easy | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | est | est | and | ܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | φορτίον | burden | φορτιον | | | et | et | burden | ܘܡܘܒܠܝ | burden | φορτίον | burden | ||||||
| — | μου | of Mine | μου | | | onus | onus | of Mine | — | — | μου | of Mine | ||||||
| — | ἐλαφρόν | light | ελαφρον | | | meum | meum | light | ܩܠܝܠܐ | light | ἐλαφρόν | light | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν.¶ | is. | εστιν | | | leue | leve | is. | ܗܝ | is. | ἐστιν | is. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 12:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||