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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἄφετε | do leave | αφετε | | | sinite | Sinite | do leave | ܫܒܘܩܘ | do leave | Ἄφετε | do leave | ||||||
| — | αὐτούς· | them! | — | | | caecos | illos | them! | ܠܗܘܢ | them! | αὐτούς | them! | ||||||
| — | τυφλοί | Blind | τυφλοι | | | caeci | cæci | Blind | ܤܡܝܐ | Blind | ὁδηγοί | Blind | ||||||
| — | εἰσιν | they are | εισιν | | | sunt | sunt | they are | ܐܢܘܢ | they are | εἰσιν | they are | ||||||
| — | ὁδηγοί | guides | — | | | caecus | et | guides | ܢܓܘܕܐ | guides | τυφλοὶ | guides | ||||||
| — | τυφλῶν. | of the blind. | — | | | duces | duces | of the blind. | ܕܤܡܝܐ | of the blind. | τυφλῶν | of the blind. | ||||||
| — | τυφλὸς | Blind | τυφλος | | | — | cæcorum | Blind | ܤܡܝܐ | Blind | τυφλὸς | Blind | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | caecum | cæcus | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | τυφλὸν | blind | τυφλον | | | autem | autem | blind | ܕܝܢ | blind | τυφλὸν | blind | ||||||
| — | ἐὰν | if | εαν | | | si | si | if | ܠܤܡܝܐ | if | ἐὰν | if | ||||||
| — | ὁδηγῇ, | they shall lead, | — | | | utrisque | cæco | they shall lead, | ܐܢ | they shall lead, | ὁδηγῇ | they shall lead, | ||||||
| — | ἀμφότεροι | both | αμφοτεροι | | | ducat | ducatum | both | ܢܕܒܪ | both | ἀμφότεροι | both | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | præstet | into | ܬܪܝܗܘܢ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | βόθυνον | a pit | — | | | foueam | ambo | a pit | ܒܓܘܡܨܐ | a pit | βόθυνον | a pit | ||||||
| — | πεσοῦνται. | will fall. | — | | | incidunt | in | will fall. | ܢܦܠܝܢ | will fall. | πεσοῦνται | will fall. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||