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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܩܪܒܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | προσελθόντες | having approached | προσελθοντες | | | accedentes | accesserunt | having approached | ܦܪܝܫܐ | having approached | προσελθόντες | having approached | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | temptantes | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | φαρισαιοι | | | eum | pharisæi | Pharisees | ܘܙܕܘܩܝܐ | Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | pharisaei | et | and | ܡܢܤܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Σαδδουκαῖοι, | Sadducees, | σαδδουκαιοι | | | et | sadducæi | Sadducees | ܠܗ | Sadducees, | Σαδδουκαῖοι | Sadducees, | ||||||
| — | πειράζοντες | testing | πειραζοντες | | | sadducaei | tentantes | testing | ܘܫܐܠܝܢ | testing | πειράζοντες | testing | ||||||
| — | ἐπηρώτησαν | they asked | — | | | interrogauerunt | et rogaverunt | and asked | — | — | ἐπηρώτησαν | they asked | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | &om; | eum | him | ܠܗ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| — | σημεῖον | a sign | σημειον | | | — | signum | a sign | ܐܬܐ | a sign | σημεῖον | a sign | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | caelo | de | from | ܡܢ | out of | ἐκ | out of | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | ostenderet | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | ουρανου | | | signum | cælo | heaven | ܫܡܝܐ | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | ||||||
| — | ἐπιδεῖξαι | to show | επιδειξαι | | | de | ostenderet | to show | ܕܢܚܘܐ | to show | ἐπιδεῖξαι | to show | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς.¶ | them. | αυτοις | | | eis | eis | to them | ܐܢܘܢ | them. | αὐτοῖς | them. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||