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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἐγγίζει | draws near | — | | | populus | Populus | draws near | ܥܡܐ | draws near | Ἐγγίζει | draws near | ||||||
| — | μοι | to me | — | | | hic | hic | to me | — | — | μοι | to me | ||||||
| — | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | diligit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | λαὸς | people | λαος | | | — | — | — | ܗܢܐ | people | λαὸς | people | ||||||
| — | οὗτος | this | ουτος | | | labiis | labiis | this | ܒܤܦܘܬܗ | this | οὗτος | this | ||||||
| — | τῷ | with the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | with the | ||||||
| — | στόματι | mouth | — | | | me | me | mouth | — | — | στόματι | mouth | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | of them | — | | | — | — | — | ܗܘ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | honorat | and | ܡܝܩܪ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | with the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | with the | ||||||
| — | χείλεσίν | lips | χειλεσιν | | | cor | cor | lips | — | — | χείλεσίν | lips | ||||||
| — | με | Me | με | | | — | — | — | ܠܝ | Me | με | Me | ||||||
| — | τιμᾷ, | it honors, | τειμα | | | autem | autem | it honors, | — | — | τιμᾷ | it honors, | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | eorum | eorum | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | καρδία | heart | καρδια | | | — | — | — | ܕܝܢ | heart | καρδία | heart | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | longe | longe | of them | — | — | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| — | πόρρω | far away | πορρω | | | est | est | far away | ܤܓܝ | far away | πόρρω | far away | ||||||
| — | ἀπέχει | is kept | — | | | — | — | — | ܪܚܝܩ | is kept | ἀπέχει | is kept | ||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | a | a | from | — | — | ἀπ’ | from | ||||||
| — | ἐμοῦ. | Me. | εμου | | | me | me | Me. | ܡܢܝ | Me. | ἐμοῦ | Me. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||