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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܡܢ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||
| — | ὀμόσας | having sworn | ομοσας | | | iurauerit | juraverit | having sworn | ܕܝܡܐ | having sworn | ὀμόσας | having sworn | ||||||
| — | ἐν | by | εν | | | in | in | by | — | — | ἐν | by | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the | τω | | | templo | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| — | ναῷ | temple | ναω | | | iurat | jurat | temple | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | temple | ναῷ | temple | ||||||
| — | ὀμνύει | swears | ομνυει | | | in | in | swears | ܝܡܐ | swears | ὀμνύει | swears | ||||||
| — | ἐν | by | εν | | | eum | illo | by | — | — | ἐν | by | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | it | αυτω | | | et | et | it | ܒܗ | it | αὐτῷ | it | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | inhabitanti | in | and | ܘܒܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐν | by | εν | | | eo | eo | by | — | — | ἐν | by | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the One | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the One | ||||||
| — | κατοικοῦντι | dwelling | — | | | — | habitat | dwelling | ܕܥܡܪ | dwelling | κατοικήσαντι | dwelling | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν, | in it, | αυτον | | | — | in | in it, | ܒܗ | in it, | αὐτόν | in it, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||