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 | | | ds | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | For | γαρ | | | honora | Nam | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | For | ||||||
| — | θεὸς | God | — | | | patrem | Deus | God | ܓܝܪ | God | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | commanded | ειπεν | | | — | dixit | said | — | — | ἐνετείλατο | commanded | ||||||
| — | λέγων· | saying: | — | | | et | — | — | ܐܡܪ | saying: | λέγων | saying: | ||||||
| — | τίμα | 'do honor | τειμα | | | matrem | Honora | honor | ܝܩܪ | 'do honor | Τίμα | 'do honor | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | enim | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | πατέρα | Father | πατερα | | | — | patrem | father | ܠܐܒܘܟ | Father | πατέρα | Father | ||||||
| — | σοῦ | of you | — | | | — | tuum | your | — | — | καὶ | of you | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | qui | et | and | ܘܠܐܡܟ | and | τὴν | and | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | dixit | — | — | — | — | μητέρα | the | ||||||
| — | μητέρα, | mother’, | μητερα | | | maledicit | matrem tuam | your mother | ܘܡܢ | mother’, | καί | mother’, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | — | — | Ὁ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | The one | ο | | | aut | — | — | — | — | κακολογῶν | The one | ||||||
| — | κακολογῶν | speaking evil of | κακολογων | | | patri | qui maledixerit | whoever curses | ܕܡܨܚܐ | speaking evil of | πατέρα | speaking evil of | ||||||
| — | πατέρα | father | πατερα | | | — | patri | father | ܠܐܒܘܗܝ | father | ἢ | father | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | η | | | matri | — | — | — | — | μητέρα | or | ||||||
| — | μητέρα | mother | μητερα | | | aut | matri | mother | — | — | θανάτῳ | mother | ||||||
| — | θανάτῳ | in death | θανατω | | | morte | morte | in death | ܡܡܬ | in death | τελευτάτω | in death | ||||||
| — | τελευτάτω. | should end.’ | τελευτατω | | | morietur | moriatur | should end.’ | ܢܡܘܬ | should end.’ | τελευτάτω. | should end.’ | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||