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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τῷ | to the one | — | | | ei | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the one | ||||||
| — | θέλοντί | willing | — | | | qui | qui vult | who wishes | ܕܨܒܐ | willing | θέλοντί | willing | ||||||
| — | σοι | you | σοι | | | uoluerit | tecum | with you | ܕܢܕܘܢ | you | σοι | you | ||||||
| — | κριθῆναι | to sue | κριθηναι | | | — | judicio contendere | to go to law | — | — | κριθῆναι | to sue | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | iudicio | et | and | ܥܡܟ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | congredi | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | χιτῶνά | tunic | χειτωνα | | | et | tunicam | tunic | ܘܢܫܩܘܠ | tunic | χιτῶνά | tunic | ||||||
| — | σου | of you | σου | | | tunicam | tuam | your | ܟܘܬܝܢܟ | of you | σου | of you | ||||||
| — | λαβεῖν, | to take, | λαβειν | | | tuam | tollere | to take | ܫܒܘܩ | to take, | λαβεῖν | to take, | ||||||
| — | ἄφες | do yield | — | | | — | dimitte | let go | — | — | ἄφες | do yield | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to him | αυτω | | | dimittes | ei | to him | ܠܗ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | accipere | et | and | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ἱμάτιον· | cloak; | ειματιον | | | uestimentum | pallium | cloak; | ܡܪܛܘܛܟ | cloak; | ἱμάτιον | cloak; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||