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 | μητε | | | neque | neque | ? | ܐܦܠܐ | nor | μήτε | nor | ||||||
| — | ἐν | by | εν | | | in | per | through/by | ܒܪܫܟ | by | ἐν | by | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | caput | ? | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | κεφαλῇ | head | κεφαλη | | | caput | tuum | your | ܬܐܡܐ | head | κεφαλῇ | head | ||||||
| — | σου | of you | σου | | | tuum | juraveris | ? | ܕܠܐ | of you | σου | of you | ||||||
| — | ὀμόσῃς | may you swear | ομοσης | | | iurabis | quia | because/that | ܡܫܟܚ | may you swear | ὀμόσῃς | may you swear | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | quia | non | not | ܐܢܬ | because | ὅτι | because | ||||||
| — | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | potes | ? | ܠܡܥܒܕ | not | οὐ | not | ||||||
| — | δύνασαι | you are able | δυνασαι | | | potes | unum | ? | ܒܗ | you are able | δύνασαι | you are able | ||||||
| — | μίαν | one | — | | | unum | capillum | ? | ܡܢܬܐ | one | μίαν | one | ||||||
| — | τρίχα | hair | τριχα | | | capillum | album | ? | ܚܕܐ | hair | τρίχα | hair | ||||||
| — | λευκὴν | white | λευκην | | | album | facere | ? | ܕܤܥܪܐ | white | λευκὴν | white | ||||||
| — | ποιῆσαι | to make | — | | | facere | aut | ? | ܐܘܟܡܬܐ | to make | ἢ | to make | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | η | | | aut | — | — | — | — | μέλαιναν | or | ||||||
| — | μέλαιναν. | black. | μελαιναν | | | nigrum | nigrum | ? | ܚܘܪܬܐ | black. | ποιῆσαι | black. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||