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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Et | and | ܘܗܝܕܝܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||||
| — | τότε | then | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tunc | ? | ܐܘܕܐ | then | τότε | then | |||||||
| — | ὁμολογήσω | I will declare | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | confitebor | ? | ܠܗܘܢ | I will declare | ὁμολογήσω | I will declare | |||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | to them | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | illis | to them | ܕܡܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Quia | because/that | ܡܬܘܡ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||||
| — | οὐδέποτε | Never | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | numquam | ? | ܠܐ | Never | Οὐδέποτε | Never | |||||||
| — | ἔγνων | knew I | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | novi | ? | — | — | ἔγνων | knew I | |||||||
| — | ὑμᾶς· | you; | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vos | you (pl) | ܝܕܥܬܟܘܢ | you; | ὑμᾶς | you; | |||||||
| — | ἀποχωρεῖτε | do depart | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | discedite | ? | ܐܪܚܩܘ | do depart | ἀποχωρεῖτε | do depart | |||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | a | from | ܠܟܘܢ | from | ἀπ’ | from | |||||||
| — | ἐμοῦ | Me | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | me | me | ܡܢܝ | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | |||||||
| — | οἱ | you who are | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | οἱ | you who are | |||||||
| — | ἐργαζόμενοι | working | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | qui | who/which | ܦܠܚܝ | working | ἐργαζόμενοι | working | |||||||
| — | τὴν | <the> | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||||
| — | ἀνομίαν.¶ | lawlessness. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | iniquitatem | ? | ܥܘܠܐ | lawlessness. | ἀνομίαν | lawlessness. | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||