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 | | | sede | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||
| — | ὀμόσας | having sworn | ομοσας | | | qui | qui | having sworn | ܕܝܡܐ | having sworn | ὀμόσας | having sworn | ||||||
| — | ἐν | by | εν | | | iurauerit | jurat | by | — | — | ἐν | by | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | supra | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | οὐρανῷ | heaven | ουρανω | | | in | in | heaven | ܒܫܡܝܐ | heaven | οὐρανῷ | heaven | ||||||
| — | ὀμνύει | swears | ομνυει | | | caelo | cælo | swears | ܝܡܐ | swears | ὀμνύει | swears | ||||||
| — | ἐν | by | εν | | | iurat | jurat | by | ܒܟܘܪܤܝܗ | by | ἐν | by | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the | τω | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| — | θρόνῳ | throne | θρονω | | | in | in | throne | — | — | θρόνῳ | throne | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | θεοῦ | of God | θυ | | | — | throno | of God | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | dei | Dei | and | ܘܒܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐν | by | εν | | | et | et | by | ܕܝܬܒ | by | ἐν | by | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the One | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the One | ||||||
| — | καθημένῳ | sitting | καθημενω | | | — | in | sitting | — | — | καθημένῳ | sitting | ||||||
| — | ἐπάνω | upon | επανω | | | sedet | eo | upon | ܠܥܠ | upon | ἐπάνω | upon | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ.¶ | it. | αυτου | | | qui | qui | it. | ܡܢܗ | it. | αὐτοῦ | it. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||