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 | Surely | ου | | | non | Non | Surely | ܠܐ | Surely | Οὔπω | Surely | ||||||
| — | νοεῖτε | understand you | νοειτε | | | intellegitis | intelligitis | understand you | ܝܕܥܝܢ | understand you | νοεῖτε | understand you | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܐܢܬܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | πᾶν | everything | παν | | | omne | omne | everything | ܕܡܕܡ | everything | πᾶν | everything | ||||||
| — | τὸ | which | το | | | cedit | — | — | — | — | τὸ | which | ||||||
| — | εἰσπορευόμενον | entering | εισπορευομενον | | | quod | quod intrat | that which enters | ܕܥܐܠ | entering | εἰσπορευόμενον | entering | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܠܦܘܡܐ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | στόμα | mouth | στομα | | | os | os | mouth | ܠܟܪܤܐ | mouth | στόμα | mouth | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | introit | in | into | ܗܘ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | κοιλίαν | stomach | κοιλειαν | | | in | ventrem | the stomach | ܐܙܠ | stomach | κοιλίαν | stomach | ||||||
| — | χωρεῖ | goes | χωρει | | | uentrem | vadit | goes | ܘܡܢ | goes | χωρεῖ | goes | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | mittitur | et | and | ܬܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | et | in | into | ܒܬܕܟܝܬܐ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | ἀφεδρῶνα | the sewer | αφεδρωνα | | | in | secessum | the sewer | ܡܫܬܕܐ | the sewer | ἀφεδρῶνα | the sewer | ||||||
| — | ἐκβάλλεται; | is cast out? | εκβαλλεται | | | secessum | emittitur | is expelled | ܠܒܪ | is cast out? | ἐκβάλλεται | is cast out? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||