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 | ||||||||||||
ηP70 | Or | Ἢ | Or | η | | | aut | — | — | — | — | Ἢ | Or | |||||
ουκP70 | surely | οὐκ | surely | ουκ | | | non | non | surely | ܠܐ | surely | οὐκ | surely | |||||
ανεγνωτεP70 | have you read | ἀνέγνωτε | have you read | ανεγνωτε | | | legistis | legistis | have you read | — | — | ἀνέγνωτε | have you read | |||||
ενP70 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܩܪܝܬܘܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τωP70 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | sunt | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
νομωP70 | law | νόμῳ | law | νομω | | | lege | lege | law | ܒܐܘܪܝܬܐ | law | νόμῳ | law | |||||
οτιP70 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܕܟܗܢܐ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
τωP70 | on the | τοῖς | on the | — | | | in | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | on the | |||||
σαββατωP70 | Sabbath | σάββασιν | Sabbath | — | | | sabbatis | sabbatis | Sabbath | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | Sabbath | σάββασιν | Sabbath | |||||
οἱP70 | the | οἱ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
ἱερεῖςP70 | priests | ἱερεῖς | priests | — | | | sacerdotes | sacerdotes | priests | — | — | ἱερεῖς | priests | |||||
ἐνP70 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܡܚܠܝܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τῷP70 | the | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||
ἱερῷP70 | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | ϊερω | | | templo | templo | temple | ܠܗ | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | |||||
τὸP70 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
σάββατονP70 | Sabbath | σάββατον | Sabbath | σαββατον | | | sabbatum | sabbatum | Sabbath | ܠܫܒܬܐ | Sabbath | σάββατον | Sabbath | |||||
βεβηλοῦσινP70 | profane | βεβηλοῦσιν | profane | βεβηλουσιν | | | uiolant | violant | profane | ܘܕܠܐ | profane | βεβηλοῦσιν | profane | |||||
καὶP70 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ἀναίτιοίP70 | guiltless | ἀναίτιοί | guiltless | — | | | sine | sine crimine | without blame | ܥܕܠܝ | guiltless | ἀναίτιοί | guiltless | |||||
εἰσιν;P70 | are? | εἰσιν; | are? | εισιν | | | culpa | sunt | are | ܐܢܘܢ | are? | εἰσιν | are? | |||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 12:24 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||