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 | ||||||||||||
| — | σοῦ | You | σου | | | te | Te | You | ܐܢܬ | You | Σοῦ | You | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | ποιοῦντος | doing | ποιουντος | | | faciente | faciente | doing | ܡܐ | doing | ποιοῦντος | doing | ||||||
| — | ἐλεημοσύνην | charity | ελεημοσυνην | | | elemosynam | eleemosynam | charity | ܕܥܒܕ | charity | ἐλεημοσύνην | charity | ||||||
| — | μὴ | not | μη | | | nesciat | nesciat | not | ܐܢܬ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| — | γνώτω | should know | γνωτω | | | destera | — | — | ܙܕܩܬܐ | should know | γνώτω | should know | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀριστερά | left hand | αριστερα | | | sinestra | sinistra | left hand | ܠܐ | left hand | ἀριστερά | left hand | ||||||
| — | σου | of you | σου | | | tua | tua | of you | ܬܕܥ | of you | σου | of you | ||||||
| — | τί | what | τι | | | quid | quid | what | ܤܡܠܟ | what | τί | what | ||||||
| — | ποιεῖ | is doing | ποιει | | | facit | faciat | is doing | ܡܢܐ | is doing | ποιεῖ | is doing | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | δεξιά | right hand | δεξεια | | | — | dextera | right hand | ܥܒܕܐ | right hand | δεξιά | right hand | ||||||
| — | σου | of you | σου | | | tua | tua | of you | ܝܡܝܢܟ | of you | σου | of you | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||