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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ὁ | The | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The | |||||||
| — | λύχνος | lamp | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Lucerna | ? | ܫܪܓܐ | lamp | λύχνος | lamp | |||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||||
| — | σώματός | body | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | corporis | ? | ܕܦܓܪܐ | body | σώματός | body | |||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tui | ? | ܐܝܬܝܗ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||||
| — | ὁ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||||
| — | ὀφθαλμός. | eye. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | est | is | ܥܝܢܐ | eye. | ὀφθαλμός | eye. | |||||||
| — | ἐὰν | If | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | oculus | ? | ܐܢ | If | ἐὰν | If | |||||||
| — | οὖν | therefore | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tuus | your | ܥܝܢܟ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||||
| — | ᾖ | shall be | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | shall be | |||||||
| — | ὁ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὀφθαλμός | the | |||||||
| — | ὀφθαλμός | eye | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | oculus | ? | — | — | σου | eye | |||||||
| — | σου | of you | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tuus | your | ܬܗܘܐ | of you | ἁπλοῦς | of you | |||||||
| — | ἁπλοῦς, | clear | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | fuerit | ? | ܦܫܝܛܐ | clear | ᾖ | clear | |||||||
| — | ὅλον | the whole | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | simplex | ? | ܐܦ | the whole | ὅλον | the whole | |||||||
| — | τὸ | <the> | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||||
| — | σῶμά | body | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | corpus | ? | ܟܠܗ | body | σῶμά | body | |||||||
| — | σου | of you | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tuum | your | ܦܓܪܟ | of you | σου | of you | |||||||
| — | φωτεινὸν | full of light | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | lucidum | ? | ܢܗܝܪ | full of light | φωτεινὸν | full of light | |||||||
| — | ἔσται· | will be; | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | erit | ? | ܗܘ | will be; | ἔσται | will be; | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||