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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐπιδείξατέ | do show | επιδειξατε | | | hostendite | ostendite | do show | ܚܘܐܘܢܝ | do show | Ἐπιδείξατέ | do show | ||||||
| — | μοι | Me | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | Me | ܕܝܢܪܐ | Me | μοι | Me | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | denarium | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | νόμισμα | coin | νομισμα | | | — | numisma | coin | ܕܟܤܦ | coin | νόμισμα | coin | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | κήνσου. | tribute. | κηνσου | | | census | census | tribute. | ܪܫܐ | tribute. | κήνσου | tribute. | ||||||
| — | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | autem | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | — | At | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | προσήνεγκαν | they presented | προσηνεγκαν | | | denarium | illi | they presented | ܕܝܢ | they presented | προσήνεγκαν | they presented | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | obtulerunt | obtulerunt | to Him | ܩܪܒܘ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | ||||||
| — | δηνάριον. | a denarius. | δηναριον | | | ei | ei | a denarius. | ܠܗ | a denarius. | δηνάριον | a denarius. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||