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 | ||||||||||||
| — | λέγω | I say | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Dico | I say | ܐܡܪ | I say | λέγω | I say | |||||||
| — | δὲ | however | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||||
| — | ὑμῖν | to you | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vobis | to you | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | quoniam | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||||
| — | οὐδὲ | not even | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | nec | not even | ܕܝܢ | not even | οὐδὲ | not even | |||||||
| — | Σολομὼν | Solomon | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Salomon | Solomon | ܕܐܦܠܐ | Solomon | Σολομὼν | Solomon | |||||||
| — | ἐν | in | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | in | ܫܠܝܡܘܢ | in | ἐν | in | |||||||
| — | πάσῃ | all | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | omni | all | ܒܟܠܗ | all | πάσῃ | all | |||||||
| — | τῇ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | gloria | the | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||||
| — | δόξῃ | glory | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sua | glory | ܫܘܒܚܗ | glory | δόξῃ | glory | |||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | coopertus | of him | ܐܬܟܤܝ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||||
| — | περιεβάλετο | was adorned | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | est | was adorned | — | — | περιεβάλετο | was adorned | |||||||
| — | ὡς | like | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sicut | like | ܐܝܟ | like | ὡς | like | |||||||
| — | ἓν | one | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | unum | one | ܚܕܐ | one | ἓν | one | |||||||
| — | τούτων. | of these. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ex | of these. | ܡܢܗܝܢ | of these. | τούτων | of these. | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||