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 | ܘܐܒܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | πατέρα | father | πατερα | | | patrem | patrem | father | ܠܐ | father | πατέρα | father | ||||||
| — | μὴ | no one | μη | | | ne | nolite | no one | — | — | μὴ | no one | ||||||
| — | καλέσητε | may call | καλεσητε | | | uocaueritis | vocare | may call | ܬܩܪܘܢ | may call | καλέσητε | may call | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν | of you | — | | | uobis | vobis | of you | ܠܟܘܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | super | super | on | ܒܐܪܥܐ | on | ἐπὶ | on | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | terram | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | γῆς· | earth; | γης | | | unus | unus | earth; | — | — | γῆς | earth; | ||||||
| — | εἷς | One | εις | | | est | est | One | ܚܕ | One | εἷς | One | ||||||
| — | γάρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | pater | pater | is | ܓܝܪ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν | of you | — | | | uester | vester | of you | — | — | ὁ | of you | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | πατὴρ | the | ||||||
| — | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | in | in | Father | ܐܒܘܟܘܢ | Father | ὑμῶν | Father | ||||||
| — | ὁ | who is | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who is | ||||||
| — | οὐράνιος. | in heaven. | — | | | caelis | est | in heaven. | ܕܒܫܡܝܐ | in heaven. | ἐν | in heaven. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||