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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | By | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | a | By | ܡܢ | By | Ἀπὸ | By | |||||||
| — | τῶν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||||
| — | καρπῶν | fruits | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | fructibus | fruits | ܦܐܪܝܗܘܢ | fruits | καρπῶν | fruits | |||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | of them | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | eorum | of them | ܕܝܢ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | |||||||
| — | ἐπιγνώσεσθε | you will know | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | cognoscetis | you will know | ܬܕܥܘܢ | you will know | ἐπιγνώσεσθε | you will know | |||||||
| — | αὐτούς. | them. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | eos | them. | ܐܢܘܢ | them. | αὐτούς | them. | |||||||
| — | μήτι | surely not ever | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Numquid | surely not ever | ܠܡܐ | surely not ever | μήτι | surely not ever | |||||||
| — | συλλέγουσιν | do they gather | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | colligunt | do they gather | ܠܩܛܝܢ | do they gather | συλλέγουσιν | do they gather | |||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | de | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||||
| — | ἀκανθῶν | thorns | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | spinis | thorns | ܟܘܒܐ | thorns | ἀκανθῶν | thorns | |||||||
| — | σταφυλάς, | grapes, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | uvas | grapes, | ܥܢܒܐ | grapes, | σταφυλήν | grapes, | |||||||
| — | ἢ | or | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | de | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | |||||||
| — | τριβόλων | thistles | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tribulis | thistles | ܩܘܪܛܒܐ | thistles | τριβόλων | thistles | |||||||
| — | σῦκα; | figs? | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ficus | figs? | ܬܐܢܐ | figs? | σῦκα | figs? | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||