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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὑποκριτά, | Hypocrite! | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Hypocrita | Hypocrite! | ܢܤܒ | Hypocrite! | Ὑποκριτά | Hypocrite! | |||||||
| — | ἔκβαλε | do cast out | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ejice | do cast out | ܒܐܦܐ | do cast out | ἔκβαλε | do cast out | |||||||
| — | πρῶτον | first | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | primum | first | ܐܦܩ | first | πρῶτον | first | |||||||
| — | ἐκ | from | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | trabem | from | ܠܘܩܕܡ | from | τὴν | from | |||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | δοκὸν | the | |||||||
| — | ὀφθαλμοῦ | eye | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | de | eye | ܩܪܝܬܐ | eye | ἐκ | eye | |||||||
| — | σοῦ | of you | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | oculo | of you | ܡܢ | of you | τοῦ | of you | |||||||
| — | τὴν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὀφθαλμοῦ | the | |||||||
| — | δοκόν, | beam, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tuo | beam, | ܥܝܢܟ | beam, | σου | beam, | |||||||
| — | καὶ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||||
| — | τότε | then | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tunc | then | ܘܗܝܕܝܢ | then | τότε | then | |||||||
| — | διαβλέψεις | you will see clearly | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | videbis | you will see clearly | ܢܬܒܚܪ | you will see clearly | διαβλέψεις | you will see clearly | |||||||
| — | ἐκβαλεῖν | to cast out | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ejicere | to cast out | ܠܟ | to cast out | ἐκβαλεῖν | to cast out | |||||||
| — | τὸ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||||
| — | κάρφος | splinter | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | festucam | splinter | ܠܡܦܩܘ | splinter | κάρφος | splinter | |||||||
| — | ἐκ | from | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | de | from | ܓܠܐ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | |||||||
| — | ὀφθαλμοῦ | eye | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | oculo | eye | ܡܢ | eye | ὀφθαλμοῦ | eye | |||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||||
| — | ἀδελφοῦ | brother | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | fratris | brother | ܥܝܢܗ | brother | ἀδελφοῦ | brother | |||||||
| — | σου.¶ | of you. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tui | of you. | ܕܐܚܘܟ | of you. | σου | of you. | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||