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 | ||||||||||||
| — | εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Dixit | Said | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | ||||||
| — | δέ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | now | ||||||
| — | τις | someone | τις | | | illi | ei | someone | — | — | τις | someone | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | quidam | quidam | to Him; | ܕܝܢ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | ||||||
| — | ἰδοὺ | Behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | Ecce | Behold | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδού | Behold | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | μήτηρ | mother | μητηρ | | | mater | mater | mother | ܗܐ | mother | μήτηρ | mother | ||||||
| — | σου | of You | σου | | | tua | tua | of You | ܐܡܟ | of You | σου | of You | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | querentes | — | — | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | loqui | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφοί | brothers | αδελφοι | | | et | et | brothers | ܘܐܚܝܟ | brothers | ἀδελφοί | brothers | ||||||
| — | σου | of you | σου | | | fratres | fratres | of you | ܩܝܡܝܢ | of you | σου | of you | ||||||
| — | ἔξω | outside | εξω | | | tui | tui | outside | ܠܒܪ | outside | ἔξω | outside | ||||||
| — | ἑστήκασιν | have stood | — | | | foras | foris | have stood | ܘܒܥܝܢ | have stood | ἑστήκασιν | have stood | ||||||
| — | ζητοῦντές | seeking | ζητουντες | | | stant | stant | seeking | — | — | ζητοῦντές | seeking | ||||||
| — | σοι | to You | — | | | — | quærentes | to You | ܕܢܡܠܠܘܢ | to You | σοι | to You | ||||||
| — | λαλῆσαι. | to speak. | λαλησαι | | | tibi | te | to speak. | ܥܡܟ | to speak. | λαλῆσαι | to speak. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||