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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὅπως | so that | οπως | | | ut | ut | so that | ܐܝܟ | so that | ὅπως | so that | ||||||
| — | ᾖ | may be | η | | | sit | — | — | — | — | ᾖ | may be | ||||||
| — | σου | your | — | | | elemosyna | eleemosyna | your | ܕܬܗܘܐ | your | σου | your | ||||||
| — | ἡ | <the> | — | | | occulto | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἐλεημοσύνη | giving | ελεημοσυνη | | | tua | tua | giving | — | — | ἐλεημοσύνη | giving | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | — | | | — | — | — | ܙܕܩܬܟ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | κρυπτῷ. | secret. | — | | | in | in | secret. | ܒܟܤܝܐ | secret. | κρυπτῷ | secret. | ||||||
| — | καὶ | And | — | | | tur | abscondito | And | — | — | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | πατήρ | Father | — | | | et | et | Father | ܘܐܒܘܟ | Father | πατήρ | Father | ||||||
| — | σου | of you | σου | | | pater | Pater | of you | — | — | σου | of you | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the One | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the One | ||||||
| — | βλέπων | seeing | — | | | — | tuus | seeing | ܕܚܙܐ | seeing | βλέπων | seeing | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | qui | qui | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | occulto | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | κρυπτῷ | secret | κρυπτω | | | uidet | videt | secret | ܒܟܤܝܐ | secret | κρυπτῷ | secret | ||||||
| — | αὑτὸς | himself | — | | | — | — | — | ܗܘ | himself | αὐτὸς | himself | ||||||
| — | ἀποδώσει | will reward | — | | | in | in | will reward | — | — | ἀποδώσει | will reward | ||||||
| — | σοι | you | — | | | — | abscondito | you | ܢܦܪܥܟ | you | σοι | you | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | reddet | reddet | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | ipse | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | φανερῷ.¶ | public. | — | | | tibi | tibi | public. | ܒܓܠܝܐ | public. | φανερῷ | public. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||