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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οὐ | Not | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐ | Not | |||||||
| — | δύναται | is able | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | potest | is able | ܡܫܟܚ | is able | δύναται | is able | |||||||
| — | δένδρον | a tree | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | arbor | a tree | ܐܝܠܢܐ | a tree | δένδρον | a tree | |||||||
| — | ἀγαθὸν | good | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | bona | good | ܛܒܐ | good | ἀγαθὸν | good | |||||||
| — | καρποὺς | fruits | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | malos | fruits | ܦܐܪܐ | fruits | καρποὺς | fruits | |||||||
| — | πονηροὺς | bad | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | fructus | bad | ܒܝܫܐ | bad | πονηροὺς | bad | |||||||
| — | ποιεῖν | to produce | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | facere | to produce | ܠܡܥܒܕ | to produce | ποιεῖν | to produce | |||||||
| — | οὐδὲ | nor is able | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | neque | nor is able | ܘܠܐ | nor is able | οὐδὲ | nor is able | |||||||
| — | δένδρον | a tree | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | arbor | a tree | ܐܝܠܢܐ | a tree | δένδρον | a tree | |||||||
| — | σαπρὸν | bad | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | mala | bad | ܒܝܫܐ | bad | σαπρὸν | bad | |||||||
| — | καρποὺς | fruits | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | bonos | fruits | ܦܐܪܐ | fruits | καρποὺς | fruits | |||||||
| — | καλοὺς | good | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | fructus | good | ܛܒܐ | good | καλοὺς | good | |||||||
| — | ποιεῖν. | to produce. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | facere | to produce. | ܠܡܥܒܕ | to produce. | ποιεῖν | to produce. | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||