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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἕτερος | Another | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Alius | ? | ܐܚܪܢܐ | Another | Ἕτερος | Another | |||||||
| — | δὲ | now | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | |||||||
| — | μαθητῶν | disciples | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | de | from/of | ܡܢ | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | |||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | discipulis | ? | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||||
| — | εἶπεν | said | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ejus | ? | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||||
| — | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ait | ? | ܐܡܪ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | |||||||
| — | κύριε, | Lord, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | illi | to him/those | ܠܗ | Lord, | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||||
| — | ἐπίτρεψόν | do allow | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Domine | ? | ܡܪܝ | do allow | ἐπίτρεψόν | do allow | |||||||
| — | μοι | me | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | permitte | ? | ܐܦܤ | me | μοι | me | |||||||
| — | πρῶτον | first | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | me | me | ܠܝ | first | πρῶτον | first | |||||||
| — | ἀπελθεῖν | to go | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | primum | ? | — | — | ἀπελθεῖν | to go | |||||||
| — | καὶ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ire | ? | ܠܘܩܕܡ | and | καὶ | and | |||||||
| — | θάψαι | to bury | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | ܐܙܠ | to bury | θάψαι | to bury | |||||||
| — | τὸν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||||
| — | πατέρα | father | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | patrem | father | ܐܩܒܘܪ | father | πατέρα | father | |||||||
| — | μου.¶ | of mine. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | meum | my | ܐܒܝ | of mine. | μου | of mine. | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||