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 | ||||||||||||
| — | κάλαμον | A reed | — | | | &om; | arundinem | A reed | ܩܢܝܐ | A reed | Κάλαμον | A reed | ||||||
| — | συντετριμμένον | bruised | — | | | — | quassatam | bruised | ܪܥܝܥܐ | bruised | συντετριμμένον | bruised | ||||||
| — | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | — | — | οὐ | not | ||||||
| — | κατεάξει | He will break | — | | | confringes | confringet | He will break | ܠܐ | He will break | κατεάξει | He will break | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܢܬܒܪ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | λίνον | a wick | λινον | | | linum | linum | a wick | ܘܫܪܓܐ | a wick | λίνον | a wick | ||||||
| — | τυφόμενον | smoldering | τυφομενον | | | fumigans | fumigans | smoldering | ܕܡܛܦܛܦ | smoldering | τυφόμενον | smoldering | ||||||
| — | οὐ | not | ου | | | — | — | — | — | — | οὐ | not | ||||||
| — | σβέσει | He will quench | — | | | non | non | He will quench | ܠܐ | He will quench | σβέσει | He will quench | ||||||
| — | ἕως | until | εως | | | extintinguet | extinguet | until | ܢܕܥܟ | until | ἕως | until | ||||||
| — | ἂν | when | αν | | | donec | donec | when | ܥܕܡܐ | when | ἂν | when | ||||||
| — | ἐκβάλῃ | He shall lead | εκβαλη | | | — | ejiciat | He shall lead | ܕܢܦܩ | He shall lead | ἐκβάλῃ | He shall lead | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | ad | ad | to | — | — | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | νῖκος | victory | νικος | | | uictoriam | victoriam | victory | ܕܝܢܐ | victory | νῖκος | victory | ||||||
| — | τὴν | <the> | την | | | eïciat | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| — | κρίσιν. | justice. | κρισιν | | | iudicium | judicium | justice. | ܠܙܟܘܬܐ | justice. | κρίσιν | justice. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 12:24 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||