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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἡ | <the> | η | | | dominorum | — | — | — | — | Ἡ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | autem | illa | she | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | she said; | ειπεν | | | — | dixit | said | ܕܝܢ | she said; | εἶπεν | she said; | ||||||
| — | ναὶ | Yes | ναι | | | dixit | Etiam | yes indeed | ܐܡܪܬ | Yes | Ναί | Yes | ||||||
| — | κύριε· | Lord; | — | | | etiam | Domine | Lord | ܐܝܢ | Lord; | κύριε | Lord; | ||||||
| — | καὶ | even | και | | | dme | et | also | ܡܪܝ | even | καὶ | even | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | however | γαρ | | | — | nam | however | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | however | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | suorum | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | κυνάρια | dogs | κυναρια | | | et | catelli | little dogs | ܟܠܒܐ | dogs | κυνάρια | dogs | ||||||
| — | ἐσθίει | eat | — | | | canis | edunt | eat | ܐܟܠܝܢ | eat | ἐσθίει | eat | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | of | απο | | | enim | de | from | ܡܢ | of | ἀπὸ | of | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | ψιχίων | crumbs | — | | | de | micis | crumbs | ܦܪܬܘܬܐ | crumbs | ψιχίων | crumbs | ||||||
| — | τῶν | those | των | | | edent | — | — | — | — | τῶν | those | ||||||
| — | πιπτόντων | falling | πειπτοντων | | | micis | quæ cadunt | that fall | ܕܢܦܠܝܢ | falling | πιπτόντων | falling | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | quae | de | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | τραπέζης | table | τραπεζης | | | cadent | mensa | the table | ܦܬܘܪܐ | table | τραπέζης | table | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | quae | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | κυρίων | masters | — | | | de | dominorum | masters | ܕܡܪܝܗܘܢ | masters | κυρίων | masters | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν.¶ | of them. | αυτων | | | mensis | suorum | their | ܘܚܐܝܢ | of them. | αὐτῶν | of them. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||