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 | ||||||||||||
| — | τὰ | Things | τα | | | exeunt | — | — | — | — | Τὰ | Things | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | qui | autem | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | ἐκπορευόμενα | going forth | εκπορευομενα | | | autem | procedunt | come forth | ܕܝܢ | going forth | ἐκπορευόμενα | going forth | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | — | de | from | ܕܡܢ | out of | ἐκ | out of | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | hominem | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | στόματος | mouth | στοματος | | | de | ore | the mouth | ܦܘܡܐ | mouth | στόματος | mouth | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | ore | de | from | ܢܦܩ | out of | ἐκ | out of | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | καρδίας | heart | καρδιας | | | de | corde | the heart | ܡܢ | heart | καρδίας | heart | ||||||
| — | ἐξέρχεται, | come forth, | εξερχεται | | | corde | exeunt | come out | ܠܒܐ | come forth, | ἐξέρχεται | come forth, | ||||||
| — | κἀκεῖνα | and these | — | | | exeunt | et ea | and those things | ܢܦܩ | and these | κἀκεῖνα | and these | ||||||
| — | κοινοῖ | defile | — | | | illa | coinquinant | defile | ܘܗܘܝܘ | defile | κοινοῖ | defile | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἄνθρωπον. | man. | ανθρωπον | | | communicant | hominem | a man | ܡܤܝܒ | man. | ἄνθρωπον | man. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||