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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | autem | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | qui | Qui | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | αποκριθεις | | | respondens | respondens | answering | ܠܗ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | He said; | ειπεν | | | — | ait | He said; | — | — | εἶπεν | He said; | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | Not | ουκ | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐκ | Not | ||||||
| — | ἔστιν | it is | — | | | dixit | est | it is | ܫܦܝܪ | it is | ἔστιν | it is | ||||||
| — | καλὸν | right | — | | | — | bonum | right | — | — | καλὸν | right | ||||||
| — | λαβεῖν | to take | λαβειν | | | — | sumere | to take | ܠܡܤܒ | to take | λαβεῖν | to take | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | licet | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἄρτον | bread | αρτον | | | panem | panem | bread | ܠܚܡܐ | bread | ἄρτον | bread | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | τέκνων | children | τεκνων | | | filiorum | filiorum | children | ܕܒܢܝܐ | children | τέκνων | children | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | βαλεῖν | to cast it | βαλιν | | | mittere | mittere | to cast it | ܘܠܡܪܡܝܘ | to cast it | βαλεῖν | to cast it | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | accipere | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | ||||||
| — | κυναρίοις.¶ | dogs. | κυναριοις | | | canibus | canibus | dogs. | ܠܟܠܒܐ | dogs. | κυναρίοις | dogs. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||