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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οὐκ | Not | ουκ | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐκ | Not | ||||||
| — | ἐρίσει | will He quarrel | ερισει | | | contendet | contendet | will He quarrel | ܢܬܚܪܐ | will He quarrel | ἐρίσει | will He quarrel | ||||||
| — | οὐδὲ | nor | ουδε | | | neque | neque | nor | — | — | οὐδὲ | nor | ||||||
| — | κραυγάσει, | will he cry out, | κραυγασει | | | clamabit | clamabit | will he cry out, | ܘܠܐ | will he cry out, | κραυγάσει | will he cry out, | ||||||
| — | οὐδὲ | nor | ουδε | | | neque | neque | nor | ܢܩܥܐ | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | ||||||
| — | ἀκούσει | will hear | — | | | audiet | audiet | will hear | ܘܠܐ | will hear | ἀκούσει | will hear | ||||||
| — | τις | anyone | τις | | | quis | aliquis | anyone | ܐܢܫ | anyone | τις | anyone | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | — | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | ||||||
| — | πλατείαις | streets | πλατειαις | | | plateis | plateis | streets | ܢܫܡܥ | streets | πλατείαις | streets | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | φωνὴν | voice | φωνην | | | uocem | vocem | voice | ܩܠܗ | voice | φωνὴν | voice | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him. | ܒܫܘܩܐ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 12:24 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||