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 | ||||||||||||
| — | εἰ | If | ει | | | si | Si | If | ܘܐܢ | If | Εἰ | If | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | ἐν | by the | εν | | | ego | ego | by the | ܕܐܠܗܐ | by the | ἐν | by the | ||||||
| — | πνεύματι | Spirit | πνι | | | in | in | Spirit | — | — | πνεύματι | Spirit | ||||||
| — | θεοῦ | of God | θυ | | | spu | Spiritu | of God | ܐܢܐ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | ||||||
| — | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | — | Dei | I myself | ܡܦܩ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | ||||||
| — | ἐκβάλλω | cast out | εκβαλλω | | | di | ejicio | cast out | ܐܢܐ | cast out | ἐκβάλλω | cast out | ||||||
| — | τὰ | <the> | τα | | | eicio | — | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δαιμόνια, | demons, | δαιμονια | | | — | dæmones | demons, | ܕܝܘܐ | demons, | δαιμόνια | demons, | ||||||
| — | ἄρα | then | αρα | | | daemonia | igitur | then | ܩܪܒܬ | then | ἄρα | then | ||||||
| — | ἔφθασεν | has come | — | | | — | pervenit | has come | ܠܗ | has come | ἔφθασεν | has come | ||||||
| — | ἐφ᾽ | upon | εφ | | | ergo | in | upon | — | — | ἐφ’ | upon | ||||||
| — | ὑμᾶς | you | υμας | | | uos | vos | you | ܥܠܝܟܘܢ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | praeuenit | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | βασιλεία | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | regnum | regnum | kingdom | ܡܠܟܘܬܐ | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | θεοῦ. | of God. | θυ | | | di | Dei | of God. | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God. | θεοῦ | of God. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 12:32 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||