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 | ܘܩܪܒܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||||
| — | προσελθόντες | having come to Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | accesserunt | having come to Him | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | having come to Him | προσελθόντες | having come to Him | |||||||
| — | οἱ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||||
| — | μαθηταὶ | disciples | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | eum | disciples | — | — | μαθηταὶ | disciples | |||||||
| — | αὐτου | of Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | discipuli | of Him | ܐܥܝܪܘܗܝ | of Him | ἤγειραν | of Him | |||||||
| — | ἤγειραν | they awoke | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ejus | they awoke | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | they awoke | αὐτόν | they awoke | |||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | Him | ܠܗ | Him | λέγοντες | Him | |||||||
| — | λέγοντες· | saying; | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | suscitaverunt | saying; | ܡܪܢ | saying; | Κύριε | saying; | |||||||
| — | κύριε, | Lord, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | eum | Lord, | — | — | σῶσον | Lord, | |||||||
| — | σῶσον | do save | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | dicentes | do save | ܦܨܢ | do save | ἡμᾶς | do save | |||||||
| — | ἡμᾶς, | us | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Domine | us | ܐܒܕܝܢ | us | ἀπολλύμεθα | us | |||||||
| — | ἀπολλύμεθα. | we are perishing! | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | salva | we are perishing! | ܚܢܢ | we are perishing! | ἀπολλύμεθα. | we are perishing! | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||