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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐὰν | If | εαν | | | — | Si | If | ܐܢ | If | Ἐὰν | If | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | — | | | — | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἀφῆτε | you shall forgive | αφητε | | | — | dimiseritis | you shall forgive | ܬܫܒܩܘܢ | you shall forgive | ἀφῆτε | you shall forgive | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | <the> | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώποις | men | ανθρωποις | | | — | hominibus | men | — | — | ἀνθρώποις | men | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | παραπτώματα | trespasses | παραπτωματα | | | — | peccata | trespasses | ܠܒܢܝܢܫܐ | trespasses | παραπτώματα | trespasses | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν, | of them, | αυτων | | | — | eorum | of them, | ܤܟܠܘܬܗܘܢ | of them, | αὐτῶν | of them, | ||||||
| — | ἀφήσει | will forgive | αφησει | | | — | dimittet | will forgive | ܢܫܒܘܩ | will forgive | ἀφήσει | will forgive | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | — | | | — | et | also | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | — | vobis | you | — | — | ὑμῖν | you | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | — | Pater | Father | ܠܟܘܢ | Father | πατὴρ | Father | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | — | vester | of you | ܐܒܘܟܘܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | οὐράνιος. | Heavenly. | ουρανιος | | | — | cælestis | Heavenly. | ܕܒܫܡܝܐ | Heavenly. | οὐράνιος | Heavenly. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||