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 | ܘܩܪܒ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||||
| — | προσελθὼν | having come to Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | accedens | having come to Him | ܤܦܪܐ | having come to Him | προσελθὼν | having come to Him | |||||||
| — | εἷς | one | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | unus | one | ܚܕ | one | εἷς | one | |||||||
| — | γραμματεὺς | scribe | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | scriba | scribe | ܘܐܡܪ | scribe | γραμματεὺς | scribe | |||||||
| — | εἶπεν | said | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ait | said | ܠܗ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||||
| — | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||||
| — | διδάσκαλε, | Teacher, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | illi | Teacher, | ܪܒܝ | Teacher, | Διδάσκαλε | Teacher, | |||||||
| — | ἀκολουθήσω | I will follow | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Magister | I will follow | ܐܬܐ | I will follow | ἀκολουθήσω | I will follow | |||||||
| — | σοι | You | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sequar | You | ܒܬܪܟ | You | σοι | You | |||||||
| — | ὅπου | wherever | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | te | wherever | ܠܐܬܪ | wherever | ὅπου | wherever | |||||||
| — | ἐὰν | if | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | quocumque | if | ܕܐܙܠ | if | ἐὰν | if | |||||||
| — | ἀπέρχῃ. | You shall go. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ieris | You shall go. | ܐܢܬ | You shall go. | ἀπέρχῃ | You shall go. | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||