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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οἱ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||||
| — | δὲ | however | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | filii | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||||
| — | υἱοὶ | sons | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | sons | ܕܝܢ | sons | υἱοὶ | sons | |||||||
| — | τῆς | of the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||||
| — | βασιλείας | kingdom | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | regni | kingdom | ܕܡܠܟܘܬܐ | kingdom | βασιλείας | kingdom | |||||||
| — | ἐκβληθήσονται | will be cast out | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ejicientur | will be cast out | — | — | ἐκβληθήσονται | will be cast out | |||||||
| — | εἰς | into | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | into | ܢܦܩܘܢ | into | εἰς | into | |||||||
| — | τὸ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||||
| — | σκότος | darkness | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | tenebras | darkness | ܠܚܫܘܟܐ | darkness | σκότος | darkness | |||||||
| — | τὸ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||||
| — | ἐξώτερον· | outer; | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | exteriores | outer; | ܒܪܝܐ | outer; | ἐξώτερον | outer; | |||||||
| — | ἐκεῖ | there | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ibi | there | ܬܡܢ | there | ἐκεῖ | there | |||||||
| — | ἔσται | will be | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | erit | will be | ܢܗܘܐ | will be | ἔσται | will be | |||||||
| — | ὁ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||||
| — | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | fletus | weeping | — | — | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | |||||||
| — | καὶ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | ܒܟܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||||
| — | ὁ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||||
| — | βρυγμὸς | gnashing | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | stridor | gnashing | ܘܚܘܪܩ | gnashing | βρυγμὸς | gnashing | |||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||||
| — | ὀδόντων. | teeth. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | dentium | teeth. | ܫܢܐ | teeth. | ὀδόντων | teeth. | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||