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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οὐ | Not | ου | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐ | Not | ||||||
| — | τὸ | what | το | | | omne | — | — | — | — | τὸ | what | ||||||
| — | εἰσερχόμενον | is entering | εισερχομενον | | | quod | quod intrat | that which enters | ܗܘܐ | is entering | εἰσερχόμενον | is entering | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | intrat | in | into | ܡܕܡ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | hominem | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | στόμα | mouth | στομα | | | in | os | the mouth | ܕܥܐܠ | mouth | στόμα | mouth | ||||||
| — | κοινοῖ | defiles | — | | | os | coinquinat | defiles | ܠܦܘܡܐ | defiles | κοινοῖ | defiles | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἄνθρωπον, | man, | ανθρωπον | | | communicat | hominem | a man | ܡܤܝܒ | man, | ἄνθρωπον | man, | ||||||
| — | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | hominem | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | ||||||
| — | τὸ | that | το | | | egredit | — | — | — | — | τὸ | that | ||||||
| — | ἐκπορευόμενον | going forth | εκπορευομενον | | | sed | quod procedit | that which comes out | ܐܠܐ | going forth | ἐκπορευόμενον | going forth | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | quod | ex | out of | ܡܕܡ | out of | ἐκ | out of | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | στόματος, | mouth, | στοματος | | | de | ore | the mouth | ܕܢܦܩ | mouth, | στόματος | mouth, | ||||||
| — | τοῦτο | this | — | | | illut | hoc | this | ܡܢ | this | τοῦτο | this | ||||||
| — | κοινοῖ | defiles | — | | | ore | coinquinat | defiles | ܦܘܡܐ | defiles | κοινοῖ | defiles | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἄνθρωπον.¶ | man. | ανθρωπον | | | communicat | hominem | a man | ܗܘ | man. | ἄνθρωπον | man. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||