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 | ܘܫܐܠܘܗܝ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐπηρώτησαν | asked | επηρωτησαν | | | interrogauerunt | interrogaverunt | asked | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | asked | ἐπηρώτησαν | asked | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | — | — | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | quia | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | μαθηταὶ | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | dicentes | dicentes | of him | ܠܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | λέγοντες· | saying; | λεγοντες | | | quid | Quid | saying; | ܡܢܐ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | ||||||
| — | τί | Why | τι | | | ergo | ergo | Why | ܗܟܝܠ | Why | Τί | Why | ||||||
| — | οὖν | then | ουν | | | — | — | — | — | — | οὖν | then | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | γραμματεῖς | scribes | γραμματεις | | | scribae | scribæ | scribes | ܤܦܪܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| — | λέγουσιν | say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | dicunt | say | ܐܡܪܝܢ | say | λέγουσιν | say | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | — | quod | that | ܕܐܠܝܐ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | Ἠλίαν | Elijah | ηλειαν | | | heliam | Eliam | Elijah | ܘܠܐ | Elijah | Ἠλίαν | Elijah | ||||||
| — | δεῖ | it behooves | δει | | | oportet | oporteat | it behooves | — | — | δεῖ | it behooves | ||||||
| — | ἐλθεῖν | to come | ελθειν | | | primum | primum | to come | ܕܢܐܬܐ | to come | ἐλθεῖν | to come | ||||||
| — | πρῶτον;¶ | first? | πρωτον | | | uenire | venire | first? | ܠܘܩܕܡ | first? | πρῶτον | first? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 18:15 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||