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 | ||||||||||||
| — | τί | Which | τι | | | quid | Quid | Which | ܡܢܐ | Which | Τί | Which | ||||||
| — | γάρ | for | γαρ | | | est | est | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | facilius | facilius | is | ܦܫܝܩ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | εὐκοπώτερον· | easier; | ευκοπωτερον | | | dicere | dicere | easier; | — | — | εὐκοπώτερον | easier; | ||||||
| — | εἰπεῖν· | to say; | ειπειν | | | dimittuntur | Dimittuntur | to say; | ܠܡܐܡܪ | to say; | εἰπεῖν | to say; | ||||||
| — | ἀφίενταί | Are forgiven | — | | | tibi | tibi | Are forgiven | ܕܫܒܝܩܝܢ | Are forgiven | Ἀφέωνταί | Are forgiven | ||||||
| — | σου | of you | σου | | | peccata | peccata | of you | ܠܟ | of you | σου | of you | ||||||
| — | αἱ | the | αι | | | enim | — | — | — | — | αἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἁμαρτίαι, | sins, | αμαρτιαι | | | — | tua | sins, | ܚܛܗܝܟ | sins, | ἁμαρτίαι | sins, | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | η | | | aut | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| — | εἰπεῖν· | to say; | ειπειν | | | dicere | dicere | to say; | — | — | εἰπεῖν | to say; | ||||||
| — | ἔγειρε | do arise | εγειρε | | | surge | Surge | do arise | ܠܡܐܡܪ | do arise | Ἔγειραι | do arise | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܩܘܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | περιπάτει; | do walk? | περιπατει | | | ambula | ambula | do walk? | ܗܠܟ | do walk? | περιπάτει | do walk? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 10:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||