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 | ||||||||||||
| — | μωροὶ | foolish | — | | | caeci | Cæci | foolish | ܤܟܠܐ | foolish | Μωροὶ | foolish | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | quid | quid | and | ܘܥܘܝܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τυφλοί, | You blind men! | τυφλοι | | | enim | enim | You blind men! | — | — | τυφλοί | You blind men! | ||||||
| — | τί | Which | τι | | | maius | majus | Which | ܡܢܐ | Which | τί | Which | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | est | est | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | μεῖζον, | is greater, | — | | | donum | donum | is greater, | ܩܘܪܒܢܐ | is greater, | μεῖζον | is greater, | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | δῶρον | gift | δωρον | | | — | an | gift | ܐܘ | gift | δῶρον | gift | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | η | | | altare | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | θυσιαστήριον | altar | θυσιαστηριον | | | quod | quod | altar | ܡܕܒܚܐ | altar | θυσιαστήριον | altar | ||||||
| — | τὸ | which | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | which | ||||||
| — | ἁγιάζον | is sanctifying | αγιαζον | | | sanctificat | sanctificat | is sanctifying | ܕܡܩܕܫ | is sanctifying | ἁγιάζον | is sanctifying | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | aut | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | δῶρον; | gift? | δωρον | | | donum | donum | gift? | ܠܩܘܪܒܢܐ | gift? | δῶρον | gift? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||