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 | | | tunc | Et | And | ܘܟܐܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐπετίμησεν | rebuked | επετειμησεν | | | accedentes | increpavit | rebuked | ܒܗ | rebuked | ἐπετίμησεν | rebuked | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | him | αυτω | | | discipuli | illum | him | — | — | αὐτῷ | him | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | eius | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς, | Jesus, | — | | | ad | Jesus | Jesus, | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus, | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܘܢܦܩ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐξῆλθεν | went out | εξηλθεν | | | — | exiit | went out | — | — | ἐξῆλθεν | went out | ||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | ihu | ab | from | ܡܢܗ | from | ἀπ’ | from | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | him | αυτου | | | — | eo | him | ܫܐܕܐ | him | αὐτοῦ | him | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | seorsum | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | δαιμόνιον, | demon, | δαιμονιον | | | dixerunt | dæmonium | demon, | ܘܐܬܐܤܝ | demon, | δαιμόνιον | demon, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | quare | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐθεραπεύθη | was healed | — | | | nos | curatus | was healed | ܛܠܝܐ | was healed | ἐθεραπεύθη | was healed | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | παῖς | boy | παις | | | non | est | boy | ܡܢ | boy | παῖς | boy | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | potuimus | puer | from | — | — | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | ὥρας | hour | ωρας | | | expellere | ex | hour | ܗܝ | hour | ὥρας | hour | ||||||
| — | ἐκείνης.¶ | that. | εκεινης | | | illud | illa hora | that. | ܫܥܬܐ | that. | ἐκείνης | that. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 18:15 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||