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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἔστω | should be | εστω | | | sit | Sit | should be | ܐܠܐ | should be | Ἔστω | should be | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | malo | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | λόγος | statement | λογος | | | sermo | sermo | statement | ܡܠܬܟܘܢ | statement | λόγος | statement | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | uester | vester | of you | ܐܝܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ||||||
| — | ναὶ | Yes | ναι | | | est | est | Yes | ܐܝܢ | Yes | ναὶ | Yes | ||||||
| — | ναί, | Yes, | ναι | | | etiam | est | Yes, | ܘܠܐ | Yes, | ναί | Yes, | ||||||
| — | οὒ | and ‘No | ου | | | non | non | and ‘No | ܠܐ | and ‘No | οὒ | and ‘No | ||||||
| — | οὔ· | ‘No; | ου | | | non | non | ‘No; | ܡܕܡ | ‘No; | οὔ | ‘No; | ||||||
| — | τὸ | The | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | The | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | quod | autem | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | περισσὸν | excessive | περισσον | | | autem | abundantius | more | ܗܠܝܢ | excessive | περισσὸν | excessive | ||||||
| — | τούτων | of these | τουτων | | | his | his | these | ܝܬܝܪ | of these | τούτων | of these | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | etiam | a | from | ܡܢ | from | ἐκ | from | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | πονηροῦ | evil | πονηρου | | | de | malo | evil | ܒܝܫܐ | evil | πονηροῦ | evil | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν.¶ | comes. | εστιν | | | amplius | est | is | ܗܘ | comes. | ἐστιν | comes. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||