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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οὗ | Where | — | | | non | Ubi | Where | ܐܝܟܐ | Where | Οὗ | Where | ||||||
| — | γάρ | for | — | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | ||||||
| — | εἰσιν | are | εισιν | | | sunt | sunt | are | ܓܝܪ | are | εἰσιν | are | ||||||
| — | δύο | two | δυο | | | duo | duo | two | ܕܬܪܝܢ | two | δύο | two | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | η | | | aut | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| — | τρεῖς | three | τρεις | | | tres | tres | three | ܐܘ | three | τρεῖς | three | ||||||
| — | συνηγμένοι | assembled | συνηγμενοι | | | collecti | congregati | assembled | ܬܠܬܐ | assembled | συνηγμένοι | assembled | ||||||
| — | εἰς | unto | εις | | | in | in | unto | — | — | εἰς | unto | ||||||
| — | τὸ | <the> | το | | | aput | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἐμὸν | My | εμον | | | nomine | nomine | My | ܟܢܝܫܝܢ | My | ἐμὸν | My | ||||||
| — | ὄνομα, | name, | ονομα | | | meo | meo | name, | ܒܫܡܝ | name, | ὄνομα | name, | ||||||
| — | ἐκεῖ | there | — | | | non | ibi | there | — | — | ἐκεῖ | there | ||||||
| — | εἰμι | am I | ειμει | | | — | sum | am I | ܬܡܢ | am I | εἰμὶ | am I | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܐܢܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | μέσῳ | the midst | μεσω | | | medio | medio | the midst | — | — | μέσῳ | the midst | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν.¶ | of them. | αυτων | | | eorum | eorum | of them. | ܒܝܢܬܗܘܢ | of them. | αὐτῶν | of them. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 18:32 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||