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 | Those | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | Those | |||||||
| — | δὲ | now | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||||
| — | βόσκοντες | feeding them | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | fugerunt | feeding them | ܕܝܢ | feeding them | βόσκοντες | feeding them | |||||||
| — | ἔφυγον, | fled, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | fled, | ܕܪܥܝܢ | fled, | ἔφυγον | fled, | |||||||
| — | καὶ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | venientes | and | ܗܘܘ | and | καὶ | and | |||||||
| — | ἀπελθόντες | having gone away | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | having gone away | ܥܪܩܘ | having gone away | ἀπελθόντες | having gone away | |||||||
| — | εἰς | into | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | civitatem | into | ܘܐܙܠܘ | into | εἰς | into | |||||||
| — | τὴν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||||
| — | πόλιν | city | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | omnia | city | ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ | city | πόλιν | city | |||||||
| — | ἀπήγγειλαν | they related | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | they related | ܘܚܘܝܘ | they related | ἀπήγγειλαν | they related | |||||||
| — | πάντα | everything | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | de | everything | ܟܠܡܕܡ | everything | πάντα | everything | |||||||
| — | καὶ | including | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | eis | including | ܕܗܘܐ | including | καὶ | including | |||||||
| — | τὰ | the matter | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the matter | |||||||
| — | τῶν | of those | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of those | |||||||
| — | δαιμονιζομένων. | being demonised. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | habuerant | being demonised. | ܘܕܗܢܘܢ | being demonised. | δαιμονιζομένων | being demonised. | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||