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 | ||||||||||||
| — | κἀγὼ | I myself also | καγω | | | et | Et | I myself also | ܐܦ | I myself also | Κἀγὼ | I myself also | ||||||
| — | δέ | now | δε | | | ego | ego | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | now | ||||||
| — | σοι | to you | σοι | | | dico | dico | to you | — | — | σοι | to you | ||||||
| — | λέγω | say | λεγω | | | tibi | tibi | say | ܐܡܪ | say | λέγω | say | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܐܢܐ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | σὺ | you yourself | συ | | | tu | tu | you yourself | ܠܟ | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | ||||||
| — | εἶ | are | ει | | | es | es | are | ܕܐܢܬ | are | εἶ | are | ||||||
| — | Πέτρος | Peter | πετρος | | | petrus | Petrus | Peter | — | — | Πέτρος | Peter | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | super | super | on | ܟܐܦܐ | on | ἐπὶ | on | ||||||
| — | ταύτῃ | this | ταυτην | | | autem | hanc | this | ܘܥܠ | this | ταύτῃ | this | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | — | | | anc | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | πέτρᾳ | rock | — | | | petram | petram | rock | ܗܕܐ | rock | πέτρᾳ | rock | ||||||
| — | οἰκοδομήσω | I will build | — | | | — | ædificabo | I will build | — | — | οἰκοδομήσω | I will build | ||||||
| — | μου | My | — | | | meam | meam | my | ܟܐܦܐ | My | μου | My | ||||||
| — | τὴν | <the> | την | | | aedificauo | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἐκκλησίαν, | church, | εκκλησιαν | | | ecclesiam | Ecclesiam | Church | ܐܒܢܝܗ | church, | ἐκκλησίαν | church, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܠܥܕܬܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πύλαι | the gates | πυλαι | | | portae | portæ | the gates | ܘܬܪܥܐ | the gates | πύλαι | the gates | ||||||
| — | ᾅδου | of hades | αδου | | | inferorum | inferi | of hades | — | — | ᾍδου | of hades | ||||||
| — | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܕܫܝܘܠ | not | οὐ | not | ||||||
| — | κατισχύσουσιν | will prevail against | κατισχυσουσιν | | | praeualebunt | prævalebunt | will prevail against | ܠܐ | will prevail against | κατισχύσουσιν | will prevail against | ||||||
| — | αὐτῆς. | it. | αυτης | | | ei | adversus eam | against it | ܢܚܤܢܘܢܗ | it. | αὐτῆς | it. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||