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 | ||||||||||||
| — | πᾶς | Everyone | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Omnis | Everyone | ܟܠ | Everyone | Πᾶς | Everyone | |||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||||
| — | ὁ | who | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||||
| — | αἰτῶν | is asking | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | petit | asks | ܕܫܐܠ | is asking | αἰτῶν | is asking | |||||||
| — | λαμβάνει, | receives, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | accipit | receives | ܢܤܒ | receives, | λαμβάνει | receives, | |||||||
| — | καὶ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | ܘܕܒܥܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||||
| — | ὁ | the one | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||||
| — | ζητῶν | seeking | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | quærit | seeks | ܡܫܟܚ | seeking | ζητῶν | seeking | |||||||
| — | εὑρίσκει, | finds, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | invenit | finds | ܘܠܐܝܢܐ | finds, | εὑρίσκει | finds, | |||||||
| — | καὶ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | ܕܢܩܫ | and | καὶ | and | |||||||
| — | τῷ | to the one | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the one | |||||||
| — | κρούοντι | knocking | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | pulsanti | to one knocking | ܡܬܦܬܚ | knocking | κρούοντι | knocking | |||||||
| — | ἀνοιγήσεται.¶ | it will be opened. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | aperietur | it will be opened | ܠܗ | it will be opened. | ἀνοιγήσεται | it will be opened. | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||