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 | ||||||||||||
| — | κύριε, | 15 Lord, | — | | | et | Domine | 15 Lord, | ܘܐܡܪ | 15 Lord, | καὶ | 15 Lord, | ||||||
| — | ἐλέησόν | do have mercy on | — | | | — | miserere | do have mercy on | ܠܗ | do have mercy on | λέγων | do have mercy on | ||||||
| — | μου | my | — | | | obtuli | filio | my | ܡܪܝ | my | Κύριε | my | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐλέησόν | <the> | ||||||
| — | υἱόν, | son, | — | | | — | meo | son, | ܐܬܪܚܡ | son, | μου | son, | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | for | — | | | eum | quia | for | ܥܠܝ | for | τὸν | for | ||||||
| — | σεληνιάζεται | he is epileptic | — | | | — | lunaticus | he is epileptic | ܒܪܝ | he is epileptic | υἱόν | he is epileptic | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | discipulis | est | and | ܕܐܝܬ | and | ὅτι | and | ||||||
| — | κακῶς | miserably | — | | | — | et | miserably | ܠܗ | miserably | σεληνιάζεται | miserably | ||||||
| — | πάσχει· | suffers; | — | | | tuis | male | suffers; | ܒܪ | suffers; | καὶ | suffers; | ||||||
| — | πολλάκις | often | — | | | et | patitur | often | ܐܓܪܐ | often | κακῶς | often | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | — | | | — | nam | for | ܓܝܪ | for | πάσχει | for | ||||||
| — | πίπτει | he falls | — | | | non | sæpe | he falls | ܥܒܝܕ | he falls | πολλάκις | he falls | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | — | | | — | cadit | into | ܟܡܐ | into | γὰρ | into | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | πίπτει | the | ||||||
| — | πῦρ | fire | — | | | potuerunt | in | fire | ܓܝܪ | fire | εἰς | fire | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | ignem | and | ܙܒܢܝܢ | and | τὸ | and | ||||||
| — | πολλάκις | often | πολλακις | | | curare | et | often | ܒܢܘܪܐ | often | πῦρ | often | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | — | crebro | into | ܢܦܠ | into | καὶ | into | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | πολλάκις | the | ||||||
| — | ὕδωρ. | water. | ϋδωρ | | | eum | in aquam | water. | ܘܟܡܐ | water. | εἰς | water. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 18:15 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||