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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| — | ἀπεκρίθησαν | answered | απεκριθησαν | | | responderunt | responderunt | answered | ܥܢܘ | answered | ἀπεκρίθησάν | answered | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to him | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to him | ܐܢܫܐ | to him | τινες | to him | ||||||
| — | τινες | some | τινες | | | quidam | quidam | some | ܡܢ | some | τῶν | some | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | γραμματέων | of the | ||||||
| — | γραμματέων | scribes | γραμματεων | | | scribarum | scribis | scribes | ܘܡܢ | scribes | καὶ | scribes | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܦܪܝܫܐ | and | Φαρισαίων | and | ||||||
| — | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | φαρισαιων | | | pharisaeorum | pharisæis | Pharisees | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | Pharisees | λέγοντες | Pharisees | ||||||
| — | λέγοντες· | saying; | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | dicentes | saying; | ܠܗ | saying; | Διδάσκαλε | saying; | ||||||
| — | διδάσκαλε, | Teacher, | διδασκαλε | | | magister | Magister | Teacher, | ܡܠܦܢܐ | Teacher, | θέλομεν | Teacher, | ||||||
| — | θέλομεν | we wish | θελομεν | | | uolumus | volumus | we wish | ܨܒܝܢ | we wish | ἀπὸ | we wish | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | a | a | from | ܚܢܢ | from | σοῦ | from | ||||||
| — | σοῦ | You | σου | | | te | te | You | ܕܢܚܙܐ | You | σημεῖον | You | ||||||
| — | σημεῖον | a sign | σημειον | | | signum | signum | a sign | ܡܢܟ | a sign | ἰδεῖν | a sign | ||||||
| — | ἰδεῖν.¶ | to see. | ϊδειν | | | uidere | videre | to see. | ܐܬܐ | to see. | ἰδεῖν.¶ | to see. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||