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 | ||||||||||||
| — | εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Dixit | Said | ܕܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | — | | | dmo | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | κύριος | Lord | — | | | dns | Dominus | Lord | ܡܪܝܐ | Lord | κύριος | Lord | ||||||
| — | τῷ | to the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | ||||||
| — | κυρίῳ | Lord | κω | | | — | Domino | Lord | — | — | κυρίῳ | Lord | ||||||
| — | μου· | of me; | μου | | | meo | meo | of me; | ܠܡܪܝ | of me; | μου | of me; | ||||||
| — | κάθου | do sit | καθου | | | sede | Sede | do sit | ܬܒ | do sit | Κάθου | do sit | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | on | εκ | | | a | a | on | ܠܟ | on | ἐκ | on | ||||||
| — | δεξιῶν | the right hand | δεξιων | | | dextris | dextris | the right hand | — | — | δεξιῶν | the right hand | ||||||
| — | μου | of Me | μου | | | — | — | — | ܡܢ | of Me | μου | of Me | ||||||
| — | ἕως | until | εως | | | meis | meis | until | ܝܡܝܢܝ | until | ἕως | until | ||||||
| — | ἂν | when | αν | | | ponam | donec | when | — | — | ἂν | when | ||||||
| — | θῶ | I may place | θω | | | ponec | ponam | I may place | ܥܕܡܐ | I may place | θῶ | I may place | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | ἐχθρούς | enemies | — | | | inimicos | inimicos | enemies | ܕܐܤܝܡ | enemies | ἐχθρούς | enemies | ||||||
| — | σου | of You | σου | | | tuos | tuos | of You | ܒܥܠܕܒܒܝܟ | of You | σου | of You | ||||||
| — | ὑποκάτω | as a footstool | ϋποκατω | | | — | scabellum | as a footstool | — | — | ὑποπόδιον | as a footstool | ||||||
| — | τῶν | for the | των | | | suptus | — | — | — | — | τῶν | for the | ||||||
| — | ποδῶν | feet | ποδων | | | pedes | pedum | feet | ܬܚܝܬ | feet | ποδῶν | feet | ||||||
| — | σου; | of You? | σου | | | tuos | tuorum | of You? | ܪܓܠܝܟ | of You? | σου | of You? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||