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 | ܘܐܡܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||||
| — | λέγων· | saying; | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | dicens | saying | ܡܪܝ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||||
| — | κύριε, | Lord, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Domine | ? | — | — | Κύριε | Lord, | |||||||
| — | ὁ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||||
| — | παῖς | servant | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | puer | ? | ܛܠܝܝ | servant | παῖς | servant | |||||||
| — | μου | of mine | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | meus | my | ܪܡܐ | of mine | μου | of mine | |||||||
| — | βέβληται | has been laid | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | jacet | ? | — | — | βέβληται | has been laid | |||||||
| — | ἐν | in | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | in | ܒܒܝܬܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||||
| — | τῇ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | domo | ? | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||||
| — | οἰκίᾳ | house | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | paralyticus | ? | ܘܡܫܪܝ | house | οἰκίᾳ | house | |||||||
| — | παραλυτικὸς | paralyzed | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | — | — | παραλυτικός | paralyzed | |||||||
| — | δεινῶς | grievously | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | male | ? | ܘܒܝܫܐܝܬ | grievously | δεινῶς | grievously | |||||||
| — | βασανιζόμενος. | being tormented. | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | torquetur | ? | ܡܫܬܢܩ | being tormented. | βασανιζόμενος | being tormented. | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | Resumes at 9:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||