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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οὕτως | Thus | ουτως | | | ita | Sic | Thus | ܗܟܢܐ | Thus | Οὕτως | Thus | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ||||||
| — | ἔξωθεν | outside | εξωθεν | | | a | a | outside | ܡܢ | outside | ἔξωθεν | outside | ||||||
| — | μὲν | indeed | μεν | | | foris | foris | indeed | ܠܒܪ | indeed | μὲν | indeed | ||||||
| — | φαίνεσθε | appear | — | | | quidem | quidem | appear | ܡܬܚܙܝܢ | appear | φαίνεσθε | appear | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | <the> | τοις | | | paretis | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώποις | to men | ανθρωποις | | | hominibus | hominibus | to men | ܠܒܢܝ | to men | ἀνθρώποις | to men | ||||||
| — | δίκαιοι, | righteous, | δικαιοι | | | iusti | justi | righteous, | ܐܢܫܐ | righteous, | δίκαιοι | righteous, | ||||||
| — | ἔσωθεν | inwardly | εσωθεν | | | intus | intus | inwardly | ܐܝܟ | inwardly | ἔσωθεν | inwardly | ||||||
| — | δέ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | ἐστε | you are | — | | | pleni | pleni | you are | ܘܡܢ | you are | μεστοί | you are | ||||||
| — | μεστοὶ | full | μεστοι | | | estis | estis | full | ܠܓܘ | full | ἐστε | full | ||||||
| — | ὑποκρίσεως | of hypocrisy | ϋποκρισεως | | | hypocrisi | hypocrisi | of hypocrisy | ܡܠܝܢ | of hypocrisy | ὑποκρίσεως | of hypocrisy | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܢܬܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀνομίας.¶ | lawlessness. | ανομειας | | | iniquitate | iniquitate | lawlessness. | ܥܘܠܐ | lawlessness. | ἀνομίας | lawlessness. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||