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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐὰν | If | εαν | | | si | Si | If | ܘܕܢܐܡܪ | If | Ἐὰν | If | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | dixeribus | dixerimus | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | εἴπωμεν· | we shall say; | ειπωμεν | | | enim | e | we shall say; | ܒܢܝܢܫܐ | we shall say; | εἴπωμεν | we shall say; | ||||||
| — | ἐξ | From | εξ | | | hominibus | cælo | From | ܕܚܠܝܢ | From | Ἐξ | From | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώπων, | men, | ανθρωπων | | | timemus | dicet | men, | ܐܢܚܢܢ | men, | ἀνθρώπων | men, | ||||||
| — | φοβούμεθα | we fear | φοβουμεθα | | | — | nobis | we fear | ܡܢ | we fear | φοβούμεθα | we fear | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | turbam | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλον· | multitude; | οχλον | | | omnes | ergo | multitude; | ܟܠܗܘܢ | multitude; | ὄχλον | multitude; | ||||||
| — | πάντες | all | παντες | | | habent | non | all | ܓܝܪ | all | πάντες | all | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | — | credidistis | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ὡς | as | — | | | iohannen | illi | as | ܢܒܝܐ | as | ἔχουσιν | as | ||||||
| — | προφήτην | a prophet | — | | | sicut | Si | a prophet | ܐܚܝܕܝܢ | a prophet | τὸν | a prophet | ||||||
| — | ἔχουσιν | hold | εχουσιν | | | autem | autem | hold | ܗܘܘ | hold | Ἰωάννην | hold | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | profetam | — | — | — | — | ὡς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννην.¶ | John. | ϊωαννην | | | ex | ex | John. | ܠܝܘܚܢܢ | John. | προφήτην | John. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 21:34 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||