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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Μὴ | Not | μη | | | nolite | Nolite | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | ||||||
| — | νομίσητε | may think | νομεισητε | | | putare | putare | may think | ܬܤܒܪܘܢ | may think | νομίσητε | may think | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quoniam | that | ܕܐܬܝܬ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | ἦλθον | I have come | ηλθον | | | ueni | veni | I have come | ܕܐܫܪܐ | I have come | ἦλθον | I have come | ||||||
| — | καταλῦσαι | to abolish | καταλυσαι | | | — | solvere | to abolish | ܢܡܘܤܐ | to abolish | καταλῦσαι | to abolish | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | dissoluere | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | νόμον | law | νομον | | | legem | legem | law | ܐܘ | law | νόμον | law | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | η | | | aut | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | dissoluere | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | προφήτας· | Prophets; | προφητας | | | prophetas | prophetas | Prophets; | ܢܒܝܐ | Prophets; | προφήτας | Prophets; | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἦλθον | I have come | ηλθον | | | ueni | veni | I have come | ܐܬܝܬ | I have come | ἦλθον | I have come | ||||||
| — | καταλῦσαι | to abolish | καταλυσαι | | | — | solvere | to abolish | ܕܐܫܪܐ | to abolish | καταλῦσαι | to abolish | ||||||
| — | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | ||||||
| — | πληρῶσαι. | to fulfill. | πληρωσαι | | | inplere | adimplere | to fulfill. | ܕܐܡܠܐ | to fulfill. | πληρῶσαι | to fulfill. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 5:20 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||