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 | ||||||||||||
| — | τίς | Who | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Quis | Who | ܡܢܘ | Who | Τίς | Who | |||||||
| — | δὲ | now | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||||
| — | ἐξ | from | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vestrum | from | ܡܢܟܘܢ | from | ἐξ | from | |||||||
| — | ὑμῶν | you | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | cogitans | you | ܟܕ | you | ὑμῶν | you | |||||||
| — | μεριμνῶν | being anxious | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | potest | being anxious | ܝܨܦ | being anxious | μεριμνῶν | being anxious | |||||||
| — | δύναται | is able | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | δύναται | is able | |||||||
| — | προσθεῖναι | to add | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | adjicere | to add | ܡܫܟܚ | to add | προσθεῖναι | to add | |||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | to | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ad | to | ܠܡܘܤܦܘ | to | ἐπὶ | to | |||||||
| — | τὴν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||||
| — | ἡλικίαν | lifespan | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | staturam | lifespan | ܥܠ | lifespan | ἡλικίαν | lifespan | |||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | suam | of him | ܩܘܡܬܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||||
| — | πῆχυν | hour | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | cubitum | hour | ܐܡܬܐ | hour | πῆχυν | hour | |||||||
| — | ἕνα; | one? | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | unum | one? | ܚܕܐ | one? | ἕνα | one? | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||