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 | ||||||||||||
| — | τί | Why | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Quid | Why | ܡܢܐ | Why | Τί | Why | |||||||
| — | δὲ | now | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||||
| — | βλέπεις | do you look at | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vides | do you look at | — | — | βλέπεις | do you look at | |||||||
| — | τὸ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||||
| — | κάρφος | splinter | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | festucam | splinter | ܚܙܐ | splinter | κάρφος | splinter | |||||||
| — | τὸ | that is | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸ | that is | |||||||
| — | ἐν | in | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | in | ܐܢܬ | in | ἐν | in | |||||||
| — | τῷ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | |||||||
| — | ὀφθαλμῷ | eye | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | oculo | eye | ܓܠܐ | eye | ὀφθαλμῷ | eye | |||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||||
| — | ἀδελφοῦ | brother | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | fratris | brother | ܕܒܥܝܢܗ | brother | ἀδελφοῦ | brother | |||||||
| — | σου, | of you, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tui | of you, | — | — | σου | of you, | |||||||
| — | τὴν | <the> | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||||
| — | δὲ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | |||||||
| — | ἐν | in | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | trabem | in | ܘܩܪܝܬܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||||
| — | σῷ | your own | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | your own | ܕܒܥܝܢܟ | your own | σῷ | your own | |||||||
| — | ὀφθαλμῷ | eye | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | oculo | eye | ܠܐ | eye | ὀφθαλμῷ | eye | |||||||
| — | δοκὸν | a beam | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tuo | a beam | — | — | δοκὸν | a beam | |||||||
| — | οὐ | not | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | non | not | ܒܚܪ | not | οὐ | not | |||||||
| — | κατανοεῖς; | notice? | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vides | notice? | ܐܢܬ | notice? | κατανοεῖς | notice? | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||