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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὅστις | Whoever | οστις | | | quicumque | Quicumque | Whoever | ܡܢ | Whoever | Ὅστις | Whoever | ||||||
| — | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܗܟܝܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ||||||
| — | ταπεινώσει | will humble | ταπεινωσει | | | humiliauerit | humiliaverit | will humble | ܕܡܡܟܟ | will humble | ταπεινώσει | will humble | ||||||
| — | ἑαυτὸν | himself | εαυτον | | | se | se | himself | ܢܦܫܗ | himself | ἑαυτὸν | himself | ||||||
| — | ὡς | as | ως | | | sicut | sicut | as | ܐܝܟ | as | ὡς | as | ||||||
| — | τὸ | <the> | το | | | puer | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| — | παιδίον | little child | παιδιον | | | — | parvulus | little child | ܗܢܐ | little child | παιδίον | little child | ||||||
| — | τοῦτο, | this, | τουτο | | | iste | iste | this, | — | — | τοῦτο | this, | ||||||
| — | οὗτός | he | ουτος | | | hic | hic | he | ܛܠܝܐ | he | οὗτός | he | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | — | est | is | ܗܘ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | erit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | μείζων | greater | μειζων | | | maior | major | greater | ܢܗܘܐ | greater | μείζων | greater | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܪܒ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | βασειλεια | | | regno | regno | kingdom | ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ | kingdom | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | οὐρανῶν. | heavens. | ουρανων | | | caelorum | cælorum | heavens. | ܕܫܡܝܐ | heavens. | οὐρανῶν | heavens. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 18:15 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||