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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | Vos | You yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | λέγετε· | say; | — | | | dicitis | dicitis | say; | ܐܡܪܝܢ | say; | λέγετε | say; | ||||||
| — | ὃς | Whoever | ος | | | quicumque | Quicumque | Whoever | ܐܢܬܘܢ | Whoever | Ὃς | Whoever | ||||||
| — | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | dixerit | — | — | ܟܠ | maybe | ἂν | maybe | ||||||
| — | εἴπῃ | may say | ειπη | | | patri | dixerit | shall have said | ܡܢ | may say | εἴπῃ | may say | ||||||
| — | τῷ | to the | τω | | | aut | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | ||||||
| — | πατρὶ | father | πατρι | | | — | patri | to father | ܠܐܒܐ | father | πατρὶ | father | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | η | | | matri | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | ܠܐܡܐ | the | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | μητρί· | mother; | μητρι | | | munus | matri | to mother | ܩܘܪܒܢܝ | mother; | μητρί | mother; | ||||||
| — | δῶρον | It is a gift | δωρον | | | quod | Munus | gift | ܡܕܡ | It is a gift | Δῶρον | It is a gift | ||||||
| — | ὃ | whatever | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὃ | whatever | ||||||
| — | ἐὰν | if | — | | | ex | ex | from | ܡܢܝ | if | ἐὰν | if | ||||||
| — | ἐξ | by | εξ | | | me | me | me | ܘܠܐ | by | ἐξ | by | ||||||
| — | ἐμοῦ | me | εμου | | | tibi | tibi | to you | ܢܝܩܪ | me | ἐμοῦ | me | ||||||
| — | ὠφεληθῇς, | you shall be profited, | ωφεληθης | | | prodest | proderit | will profit | ܠܐܒܘܗܝ | you shall be profited, | ὠφεληθῇς | you shall be profited, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||