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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Εἰσελθόντος | When was entering | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Cum | When was entering | ܟܕ | When was entering | Εἰσελθόντι | When was entering | |||||||
| — | δὲ | now | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | He | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | introisset | He | ܕܝܢ | He | αὐτῷ | He | |||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | εἰς | <the> | |||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦ | Jesus | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Capharnaum | Jesus | ܠܟܦܪܢܚܘܡ | Jesus | Καπερναούμ | Jesus | |||||||
| — | εἰς | into | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | accessit | into | ܩܪܒ | into | προσῆλθεν | into | |||||||
| — | Καφαρναοὺμ | Capernaum | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | ܠܗ | Capernaum | αὐτῷ | Capernaum | |||||||
| — | προσῆλθεν | came | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | ad | came | ܩܢܛܪܘܢܐ | came | ἑκατόνταρχος | came | |||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | eum | to Him | ܚܕ | to Him | παρακαλῶν | to Him | |||||||
| — | ἑκατόνταρχος | a centurion | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | centurio | a centurion | ܘܒܥܐ | a centurion | αὐτόν | a centurion | |||||||
| — | παρακαλῶν | imploring | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | rogans | imploring | ܗܘܐ | imploring | παρακαλῶν | imploring | |||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | eum | Him | ܡܢܗ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||