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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐγὼ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | Ego | I myself | ܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | λέγω | say | λεγω | | | dico | dico | say | ܐܡܪ | say | λέγω | say | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܐܢܐ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ||||||
| — | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܠܟܘܢ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| — | ὀμόσαι | to swear | ομοσαι | | | iurare | jurare | to swear | ܠܐ | to swear | ὀμόσαι | to swear | ||||||
| — | ὅλως, | at all, | ολως | | | omnino | omnino | at all, | — | — | ὅλως | at all, | ||||||
| — | μήτε | neither swear | μητε | | | neque | neque | neither swear | ܬܐܡܘܢ | neither swear | μήτε | neither swear | ||||||
| — | ἐν | by | εν | | | in | per | by | ܤܟ | by | ἐν | by | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | οὐρανῷ | heaven | ουρανω | | | caelum | cælum | heaven | ܠܐ | heaven | οὐρανῷ | heaven | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | quia | quia | because | ܒܫܡܝܐ | because | ὅτι | because | ||||||
| — | θρόνος | the throne | θρονος | | | — | thronus | the throne | ܕܟܘܪܤܝܐ | the throne | θρόνος | the throne | ||||||
| — | ἐστὶν | it is | εστιν | | | dei | Dei | it is | ܗܘ | it is | ἐστὶν | it is | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | sedis | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | θεοῦ, | of God, | θυ | | | est | est | of God, | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God, | θεοῦ | of God, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||