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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὥστε | so that | ωστε | | | ita | ita | so that | ܐܝܟ | so that | ὥστε | so that | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | surdos | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλον | crowd | οχλον | | | ut | ut | crowd | ܕܢܬܕܡܪܘܢ | crowd | ὄχλους | crowd | ||||||
| — | θαυμάσαι | to marvel | θαυμασαι | | | turba | turbæ | to marvel | ܟܢܫܐ | to marvel | θαυμάσαι | to marvel | ||||||
| — | βλέποντας | seeing | βλεποντας | | | sideratos | — | — | ܗܢܘܢ | seeing | βλέποντας | seeing | ||||||
| — | κωφοὺς | mute | κωφους | | | miraretur | mirarentur | mute | — | — | κωφοὺς | mute | ||||||
| — | λαλοῦντας, | speaking, | λαλουντας | | | uidens | videntes | speaking, | ܕܚܙܝܢ | speaking, | λαλοῦντας | speaking, | ||||||
| — | κυλλοὺς | crippled | — | | | incolumes | mutos | crippled | ܚܪܫܐ | crippled | κυλλοὺς | crippled | ||||||
| — | ὑγιεῖς, | restored, | — | | | loquentes | loquentes | restored, | ܕܡܡܠܠܝܢ | restored, | ὑγιεῖς | restored, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | clodos | — | — | ܘܦܫܝܓܐ | and | χωλοὺς | and | ||||||
| — | χωλοὺς | lame | — | | | et | claudos | lame | ܕܡܬܚܠܡܝܢ | lame | περιπατοῦντας | lame | ||||||
| — | περιπατοῦντας, | walking, | — | | | ambulantes | ambulantes | walking, | ܘܚܓܝܪܐ | walking, | καὶ | walking, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | cæcos | and | ܕܡܗܠܟܝܢ | and | τυφλοὺς | and | ||||||
| — | τυφλοὺς | blind | — | | | uidentes | videntes | blind | ܘܤܡܝܐ | blind | βλέποντας | blind | ||||||
| — | βλέποντας. | seeing. | — | | | et | et | seeing. | — | — | καὶ | seeing. | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | caecos | — | — | ܕܚܙܝܢ | and | ἐδόξασαν | and | ||||||
| — | ἐδόξασαν | they glorified | εδοξασαν | | | et | magnificabant | they glorified | ܘܫܒܚܘ | they glorified | τὸν | they glorified | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | glorificauerunt | — | — | — | — | θεὸν | the | ||||||
| — | θεὸν | God | θν | | | dm | Deum | God | ܠܐܠܗܐ | God | Ἰσραήλ | God | ||||||
| — | Ἰσραήλ.¶ | of Israel. | ϊσραηλ | | | istrahel | Israël | of Israel. | ܕܝܤܪܝܠ | of Israel. | Ἰσραήλ.¶ | of Israel. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||