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 | ||||||||||||
| — | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying; | ܘܐܡܪ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | ||||||
| — | τί | What | τι | | | quid | Quid | What | ܡܢܐ | What | Τί | What | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | you | ܐܡܪܝܢ | you | ὑμῖν | you | ||||||
| — | δοκεῖ | think | δοκει | | | uidetur | videtur | think | ܐܢܬܘܢ | think | δοκεῖ | think | ||||||
| — | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܥܠ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | xpo | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | χριστοῦ; | Christ? | — | | | — | Christo | Christ? | ܡܫܝܚܐ | Christ? | χριστοῦ | Christ? | ||||||
| — | τίνος | Of whom | τινος | | | cuius | cujus | Of whom | ܒܪ | Of whom | Τίνος | Of whom | ||||||
| — | υἱός | son | ϋιος | | | filius | filius | son | ܡܢܘ | son | υἱός | son | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν; | is He? | εστιν | | | est | est | is He? | ܐܡܪܝܢ | is He? | ἐστιν | is He? | ||||||
| — | λέγουσιν | They say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | Dicunt | They say | ܠܗ | They say | Λέγουσιν | They say | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him; | ܒܪ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | Τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Δαυίδ.¶ | Of David. | δαυειδ | | | dauid | David | Of David. | ܕܘܝܕ | Of David. | Δαυίδ | Of David. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||