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 | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | — | Qui | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | dixit | dixit | Jesus | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | eis | illis | said | ܐܡܪ | said | εἶπεν | said | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | uidete | Intuemini | to them; | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them; | ||||||
| — | ὁρᾶτε | do watch | ορατε | | | et | et | do watch | ܠܗܘܢ | do watch | Ὁρᾶτε | do watch | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | — | — | ܚܙܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | προσέχετε | do beware | προσεχετε | | | adtendite | cavete | do beware | ܐܙܕܗܪܘ | do beware | προσέχετε | do beware | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | of | απο | | | autem | a | of | ܡܢ | of | ἀπὸ | of | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | a | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | ζύμης | leaven | ζυμης | | | fermento | fermento | leaven | — | — | ζύμης | leaven | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | φαρισαιων | | | farisaeorum | pharisæorum | Pharisees | ܚܡܝܪܐ | Pharisees | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܦܪܝܫܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Σαδδουκαίων. | Sadducees. | σαδδουκαιων | | | sadducaeorum | sadducæorum | Sadducees. | ܘܕܙܕܘܩܝܐ | Sadducees. | Σαδδουκαίων | Sadducees. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||