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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἠκούσατε | You have heard | ηκουσατε | | | audistis | Audistis | You have heard | ܫܡܥܬܘܢ | You have heard | Ἠκούσατε | You have heard | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܕܐܬܐܡܪ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | ἐρρέθη· | it was said; | — | | | dictum | dictum | it was said; | — | — | ἐρρέθη | it was said; | ||||||
| — | ὀφθαλμὸν | Eye | οφθαλμον | | | est | est | Eye | ܕܥܝܢܐ | Eye | Ὀφθαλμὸν | Eye | ||||||
| — | ἀντὶ | for | αντι | | | oculum | Oculum | for | ܚܠܦ | for | ἀντὶ | for | ||||||
| — | ὀφθαλμοῦ | eye | οφθαλ μου | | | pro | pro | eye | ܥܝܢܐ | eye | ὀφθαλμοῦ | eye | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | oculo | oculo | and | ܘܫܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὀδόντα | tooth | οδοντα | | | dente | et | tooth | — | — | ὀδόντα | tooth | ||||||
| — | ἀντὶ | for | αντι | | | dentem | dentem | for | ܚܠܦ | for | ἀντὶ | for | ||||||
| — | ὀδόντος. | tooth.’ | οδοντος | | | pro | pro | tooth.’ | ܫܢܐ | tooth.’ | ὀδόντος | tooth.’ | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||