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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἀποκριθεὶς | Answering | αποκρειθεις | | | respondens | Respondens | Answering | ܘܥܢܐ | Answering | Ἀποκριθεὶς | Answering | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | petrus | Petrus | to Him | ܘܐܡܪ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | ei | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Πέτρος | Peter | πετρος | | | dixit | dixit | Peter | ܠܗ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | said: | ειπεν | | | — | Domine | said: | — | — | εἶπεν | said: | ||||||
| — | κύριε, | Lord, | — | | | si | si | Lord, | ܡܪܝ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | ||||||
| — | εἰ | if | ει | | | tu | tu | if | ܐܢ | if | εἰ | if | ||||||
| — | σὺ | You yourself | συ | | | — | — | — | ܐܢܬ | You yourself | σὺ | You yourself | ||||||
| — | εἶ, | it is, | ει | | | es | es | it is, | ܗܘ | it is, | εἶ | it is, | ||||||
| — | κέλευσόν | do command | κελευσον | | | iube | jube | do command | ܦܩܘܕ | do command | κέλευσόν | do command | ||||||
| — | με | me | με | | | me | me | me | ܠܝ | me | με | me | ||||||
| — | ἐλθεῖν | to come | ελθειν | | | ad | ad | to come | — | — | πρός | to come | ||||||
| — | πρός | to | προς | | | te | te | to | ܐܬܐ | to | σε | to | ||||||
| — | σε | You | σε | | | uenire | venire | You | ܠܘܬܟ | You | ἐλθεῖν | You | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | super | super | upon | ܥܠ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | dne | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | ὕδατα. | waters. | ϋδατα | | | aquam | aquas | waters. | ܡܝܐ | waters. | ὕδατα | waters. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||