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 | ||||||||||||
λεγουσινP25 | They say | Λέγουσιν | They say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | Dicunt | They say | ܐܡܪܝܢ | They say | Λέγουσιν | They say | |||||
αυτωP25 | to Him; | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | ei | illi | to Him; | ܠܗ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||
τίP25 | Why | τί | Why | τι | | | quid | Quid | Why | ܠܡܢܐ | Why | Τί | Why | |||||
οὖνP25 | then | οὖν | then | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | then | — | — | οὖν | then | |||||
ΜωϋσῆςP25 | Moses | Μωϋσῆς | Moses | μωϋσης | | | moyses | Moyses | Moses | ܗܟܝܠ | Moses | Μωσῆς | Moses | |||||
ἐνετείλατοP25 | did command | ἐνετείλατο | did command | ενετειλατο | | | — | — | — | ܡܘܫܐ | did command | ἐνετείλατο | did command | |||||
δοῦναιP25 | to give | δοῦναι | to give | δουναι | | | praecepit | mandavit | to give | ܦܩܕ | to give | δοῦναι | to give | |||||
βιβλίονP25 | a roll | βιβλίον | a roll | βιβλιον | | | dare | dare | a roll | ܕܢܬܠ | a roll | βιβλίον | a roll | |||||
ἀποστασίουP25 | of divorce | ἀποστασίου | of divorce | αποστασειου | | | librum | libellum | of divorce | — | — | ἀποστασίου | of divorce | |||||
καὶP25 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | repudii | repudii | and | ܟܬܒܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ἀπολῦσαιP25 | to send away | ἀπολῦσαι | to send away | απολυσαι | | | et | et | to send away | ܕܫܘܒܩܢܐ | to send away | ἀπολῦσαι | to send away | |||||
αὐτήν;¶P25 | her? | αὐτήν;¶ | her? | — | | | dimittere | dimittere | her? | ܘܢܫܪܝܗ | her? | αὐτήν | her? | |||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 19:9 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||