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 | ||||||||||||
οP71 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | est | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP71 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | qui | Qui | who/which | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ειπενP71 | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܐܡܪ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | |||||
αυτοισP71 | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | autem | illis | to them | ܠܗܘܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | |||||
ουP71 | Not | οὐ | Not | ου | | | non | Non | not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐ | Not | |||||
παντεσP71 | all | πάντες | all | παντες | | | omnes | omnes | all | ܟܠܢܫ | all | πάντες | all | |||||
χωρουσινP71 | receive | χωροῦσιν | receive | χωρουσιν | | | capiunt | capiunt | ? | ܤܦܩ | receive | χωροῦσιν | receive | |||||
τὸνP71 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | eis | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
λόγονP71 | word | λόγον | word | λογον | | | uerbum | istud | ? | ܠܡܠܬܐ | word | λόγον | word | |||||
τοῦτονP71 | this | τοῦτον | this | τουτον | | | hoc | sed | but | ܗܕܐ | this | τοῦτον | this | |||||
ἀλλ᾽P71 | but only those | ἀλλ᾽ | but only those | αλλ | | | sed | quibus | to whom (pl) | ܐܠܐ | but only those | ἀλλ’ | but only those | |||||
οἷςP71 | to whom | οἷς | to whom | οις | | | quibus | datum | ? | ܡܢ | to whom | οἷς | to whom | |||||
δέδοται.P71 | it has been given. | δέδοται. | it has been given. | δεδοται | | | datum | est | is | ܕܝܗܝܒ | it has been given. | δέδοται | it has been given. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 19:17 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||