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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Φαρισαῖε | Pharisee | φαρισαιε | | | phariseae | Pharisæe | Pharisee | ܦܪܝܫܐ | Pharisee | Φαρισαῖε | Pharisee | ||||||
| — | τυφλέ, | blind! | τυφλε | | | cecae | cæce | blind! | ܥܘܝܪܐ | blind! | τυφλέ | blind! | ||||||
| — | καθάρισον | do cleanse | καθαρισον | | | munda | munda | do cleanse | — | — | καθάρισον | do cleanse | ||||||
| — | πρῶτον | first | πρωτον | | | primum | prius | first | ܕܟܘ | first | πρῶτον | first | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ἐντὸς | inside | εντος | | | quod | quod | inside | ܠܘܩܕܡ | inside | ἐντὸς | inside | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | est | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | ποτηρίου | cup | ποτηριου | | | intus | intus | cup | ܓܘܗ | cup | ποτηρίου | cup | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | est | est | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τῆς | of the | — | | | mundum | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | ||||||
| — | παροψίδος | dish | — | | | calicis | calicis | dish | ܕܟܤܐ | dish | παροψίδος | dish | ||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | et | et | that | ܘܕܙܒܘܪܐ | that | ἵνα | that | ||||||
| — | γένηται | may become | γενηται | | | — | paropsidis | may become | ܕܗܘܐ | may become | γένηται | may become | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | ut | ut | also | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ἐκτὸς | outside | — | | | fiat | fiat | outside | — | — | ἐκτὸς | outside | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of it | αυτου | | | foras | id | of it | ܒܪܗܘܢ | of it | αὐτῶν | of it | ||||||
| — | καθαρόν.¶ | clean. | καθαρον | | | quod | quod | clean. | ܕܟܐ | clean. | καθαρόν | clean. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||