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 | ||||||||||||
| — | μήτε | nor swear | μητε | | | neque | neque | nor swear | ܘܠܐ | nor swear | μήτε | nor swear | ||||||
| — | ἐν | by | εν | | | in | per | by | ܒܐܪܥܐ | by | ἐν | by | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | γῇ | earth | γη | | | terram | terram | earth | — | — | γῇ | earth | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | quia | quia | because | ܕܟܘܒܫܐ | because | ὅτι | because | ||||||
| — | ὑποπόδιόν | the footstool | ϋποποδιον | | | subpedaneum | scabellum | the footstool | ܗܝ | the footstool | ὑποπόδιόν | the footstool | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | it is | εστιν | | | est | est | it is | ܕܬܚܝܬ | it is | ἐστιν | it is | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | ποδῶν | feet | ποδων | | | pedum | pedum | feet | — | — | ποδῶν | feet | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ, | of Him, | αυτου | | | ipsius | ejus | of Him, | ܪܓܠܘܗܝ | of Him, | αὐτοῦ | of Him, | ||||||
| — | μήτε | nor swear | μητε | | | neque | neque | nor swear | ܐܦܠܐ | nor swear | μήτε | nor swear | ||||||
| — | εἰς | by | εις | | | — | per | by | — | — | εἰς | by | ||||||
| — | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | ϊεροσολυμα | | | hierosolyma | Jerosolymam | Jerusalem | ܒܐܘܪܝܫܠܡ | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | quia | quia | because | ܕܡܕܝܢܬܗ | because | ὅτι | because | ||||||
| — | πόλις | the city | πολις | | | ciuitas | civitas | the city | ܗܝ | the city | πόλις | the city | ||||||
| — | ἐστὶν | it is | εστιν | | | est | est | it is | — | — | ἐστὶν | it is | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | in | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | μεγάλου | great | μεγαλου | | | magni | magni | great | ܕܡܠܟܐ | great | μεγάλου | great | ||||||
| — | βασιλέως, | King, | βασιλεως | | | regis | regis | King, | ܪܒܐ | King, | βασιλέως | King, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||