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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὅστις | Whoever | οστις | | | quicumque | Quicumque | Whoever | ܟܠܢܫ | Whoever | Ὅστις | Whoever | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἂν | maybe | — | | | facit | — | — | ܓܝܪ | maybe | ἂν | maybe | ||||||
| — | ποιήσῃ | may do | — | | | uoluntatem | fecerit | does | — | — | ποιήσῃ | may do | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | est | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | θέλημα | will | θελημα | | | patris | voluntatem | will | ܕܥܒܕ | will | θέλημα | will | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | πατρός | Father | πατρος | | | mei | Patris | Father | ܨܒܝܢܗ | Father | πατρός | Father | ||||||
| — | μου | of Mine | μου | | | qui | mei | my | — | — | μου | of Mine | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | who is | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | who is | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܕܐܒܝ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | οὐρανοῖς, | the heavens, | ουρανοις | | | caelis | cælis | the heavens | — | — | οὐρανοῖς | the heavens, | ||||||
| — | αὐτός | he himself | αυτος | | | est | ipse | he himself | ܕܒܫܡܝܐ | he himself | αὐτός | he himself | ||||||
| — | μου | My | μου | | | ipse | meus | my | — | — | μου | My | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφὸς | brother | αδελφος | | | meus | frater | brother | ܗܘܝܘ | brother | ἀδελφὸς | brother | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | frater | et | and | ܐܚܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφὴ | sister | αδελφη | | | et | soror | sister | — | — | ἀδελφὴ | sister | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | soror | et | and | ܘܚܬܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | μήτηρ | mother | μητηρ | | | et | mater | mother | — | — | μήτηρ | mother | ||||||
| — | ἐστίν.¶ | is. | εστιν | | | mater | est | is | ܘܐܡܝ | is. | ἐστίν | is. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||