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 | only | εαν | | | — | Si | only | ܐܢ | only | ἐὰν | only | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | — | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | μὴ | unless | μη | | | — | non | unless | — | — | μὴ | unless | ||||||
| — | ἀφῆτε | you shall forgive | αφητε | | | — | dimiseritis | you shall forgive | ܠܐ | you shall forgive | ἀφῆτε | you shall forgive | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | <the> | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώποις | men | ανθρωποις | | | — | hominibus | men | ܬܫܒܩܘܢ | men | ἀνθρώποις | men | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | παραπτώματα | trespasses | — | | | — | nec | trespasses | ܠܒܢܝܢܫܐ | trespasses | παραπτώματα | trespasses | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν, | of them | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| — | οὐδὲ | neither | ουδε | | | — | Pater | neither | ܐܦܠܐ | neither | οὐδὲ | neither | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | — | vester | Father | ܐܒܘܟܘܢ | Father | πατὴρ | Father | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν | of you | ϋμων | | | — | dimittet | of you | ܫܒܩ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ||||||
| — | ἀφήσει | will forgive | αφησει | | | — | vobis | will forgive | — | — | ἀφήσει | will forgive | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | παραπτώματα | trespasses | παραπτωματα | | | — | peccata | trespasses | ܠܟܘܢ | trespasses | παραπτώματα | trespasses | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν.¶ | of you. | ϋμων | | | — | vestra | of you. | ܤܟܠܘܬܟܘܢ | of you. | ὑμῶν | of you. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||