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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Περὶ | Concerning | περι | | | de | De | Concerning | ܥܠ | Concerning | Περὶ | Concerning | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | die | die | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | της | | | nec | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἡμέρας | day | ημερας | | | — | — | — | ܕܝܢ | day | ἡμέρας | day | ||||||
| — | ἐκείνης | that very | εκεινης | | | autem | autem | that very | ܗܘ | that very | ἐκείνης | that very | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | illo | illa | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὥρας | <the> | ||||||
| — | ὥρας | hour | ωρας | | | et | et | hour | ܘܥܠ | hour | οὐδεὶς | hour | ||||||
| — | οὐδεὶς | no one | ουδεις | | | — | — | — | ܫܥܬܐ | no one | οἶδεν | no one | ||||||
| — | οἶδεν | knows | οιδεν | | | hora | hora | knows | ܗܝ | knows | οὐδὲ | knows | ||||||
| — | οὐδὲ | not even | ουδε | | | nemo | nemo | not even | ܐܢܫ | not even | οἱ | not even | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | caelorum | — | — | — | — | ἄγγελοι | the | ||||||
| — | ἄγγελοι | angels | αγγελοι | | | scit | scit | angels | ܠܐ | angels | τῶν | angels | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | οὐρανῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | οὐρανῶν | heavens | ουρανων | | | — | neque | heavens | ܝܕܥ | heavens | εἰ | heavens | ||||||
| — | οὐδὲ | nor | ουδε | | | nec | — | — | ܐܦܠܐ | nor | μὴ | nor | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | υἱός, | Son, | ϋιος | | | angeli | angeli | Son, | ܡܠܐܟܐ | Son, | πατήρ | Son, | ||||||
| — | εἰ | only | ει | | | — | cælorum | only | — | — | μου | only | ||||||
| — | μὴ | except | μη | | | nisi | nisi | except | ܕܫܡܝܐ | except | μόνος | except | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | filius | — | — | ܐܠܐ | Father | πατὴρ | Father | ||||||
| — | μου | of mine | — | | | solus | solus | of mine | ܐܒܐ | of mine | μου | of mine | ||||||
| — | μόνος. | alone. | μονος | | | pater | Pater | alone. | ܒܠܚܘܕ | alone. | μόνος. | alone. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:8 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||