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 | και | | | et | Et | And | ܝܫܘܥ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἰδὼν | seeing | ϊδων | | | eis | cum | seeing | ܕܝܢ | seeing | ἰδὼν | seeing | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | uestris | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | uidens | vidisset | Jesus | ܝܕܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | τας | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | ἐνθυμήσεις | thoughts | ενθυμησεις | | | ihs | Jesus | thoughts | — | — | ἐνθυμήσεις | thoughts | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | cogitationes | cogitationes | of them | ܡܚܫܒܬܗܘܢ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | He said; | ειπεν | | | eorum | eorum | He said; | ܘܐܡܪ | He said; | εἶπεν | He said; | ||||||
| — | ἱνατί | so why | ϊνατι | | | dixit | dixit | so why | ܠܗܘܢ | so why | Ἵνα | so why | ||||||
| — | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | — | | | ut | Ut | you yourselves | ܡܢܐ | you yourselves | τί | you yourselves | ||||||
| — | ἐνθυμεῖσθε | think | — | | | quid | quid | think | ܡܬܚܫܒܝܢ | think | ὑμεῖς | think | ||||||
| — | πονηρὰ | evil | πονηρα | | | cogitatis | cogitatis | evil | — | — | ἐνθυμεῖσθε | evil | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | mala | mala | in | ܐܢܬܘܢ | in | πονηρὰ | in | ||||||
| — | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐν | the | ||||||
| — | καρδίαις | hearts | καρδιαις | | | in | in | hearts | ܒܝܫܬܐ | hearts | ταῖς | hearts | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν; | of you? | ϋμων | | | cordibus | cordibus | of you? | ܒܠܒܟܘܢ | of you? | καρδίαις | of you? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||