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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐφοβούμην | I was afraid | — | | | timebam | timui | I was afraid | ܕܚܠܬ | I was afraid | ἐφοβούμην | I was afraid | ||||||
| — | γάρ | for | — | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | ||||||
| — | σε, | of you, | — | | | te | te | of you, | ܡܢܟ | of you, | σε | of you, | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | quod | quia | because | ܕܓܒܪܐ | because | ὅτι | because | ||||||
| — | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | homo | a man | ܐܢܬ | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ||||||
| — | αὐστηρὸς | harsh | — | | | austeris | austerus | harsh | ܩܫܝܐ | harsh | αὐστηρὸς | harsh | ||||||
| — | εἶ· | you are; | ει | | | es | es | you are; | ܘܫܩܠ | you are; | εἶ | you are; | ||||||
| — | αἴρεις | You take up | αιρεις | | | tolles | tollis | You take up | ܐܢܬ | You take up | αἴρεις | You take up | ||||||
| — | ὃ | what | ο | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | ὃ | what | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܕܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἔθηκας | you did lay down | εθηκας | | | posuisti | posuisti | you did lay down | ܤܡܬ | you did lay down | ἔθηκας | you did lay down | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܚܨܕ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | θερίζεις | you reap | θεριζεις | | | metis | metis | you reap | ܐܢܬ | you reap | θερίζεις | you reap | ||||||
| — | ὃ | what | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | ὃ | what | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܕܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἔσπειρας.¶ | you did sow. | εσπιρας | | | seminasti | seminasti | you did sow. | ܙܪܥܬ | you did sow. | ἔσπειρας | you did sow. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||