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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὃς | who | — | | | et | et | who | ܘܠܐ | who | ὃς | who | ||||||
| — | οὐχὶ | certainly | — | | | non | non | certainly | ܢܩܒܠ | certainly | οὐ | certainly | ||||||
| — | μὴ | nothing | μη | | | si | recipiat | nothing | — | — | μὴ | nothing | ||||||
| — | ἀπολάβῃ | may receive back | — | | | — | multo | may receive back | ܒܐܥܦܐ | may receive back | ἀπολάβῃ | may receive back | ||||||
| — | πολλαπλασίονα | manifold more | — | | | accipiet | plura | manifold more | ܤܓܝܐܐ | manifold more | πολλαπλασίονα | manifold more | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | septies | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | καιρῷ | time | καιρω | | | hoc | hoc | time | ܒܗܢܐ | time | καιρῷ | time | ||||||
| — | τούτῳ | this — | τουτω | | | tempore | tempore | this — | ܙܒܢܐ | this — | τούτῳ | this — | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܘܒܥܠܡܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the | τω | | | tantum | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| — | αἰῶνι | age | αιωνι | | | saeculum | sæculo | age | ܕܐܬܐ | age | αἰῶνι | age | ||||||
| — | τῷ | which | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | which | ||||||
| — | ἐρχομένῳ | is coming | ερχομενω | | | uenturum | venturo | is coming | — | — | ἐρχομένῳ | is coming | ||||||
| — | ζωὴν | life | ζωην | | | uitam | vitam | life | ܚܝܐ | life | ζωὴν | life | ||||||
| — | αἰώνιον.¶ | eternal. | αιωνιον | | | aeternam | æternam | eternal. | ܕܠܥܠܡ | eternal. | αἰώνιον | eternal. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||