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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οἳ | who | οι | | | qui | — | — | — | — | οἳ | who | ||||||
| — | κατεσθίουσιν | devour | — | | | comedunt | qui | who/which | ܕܐܟܠܝܢ | devour | κατεσθίουσιν | devour | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | τας | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | οἰκίας | houses | οικιας | | | domos | devorant | ? | ܒܬܐ | houses | οἰκίας | houses | ||||||
| — | τῶν | <the> | των | | | occasione | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | ||||||
| — | χηρῶν | of widows | χηρων | | | uiduarum | domos | ? | ܕܐܪܡܠܬܐ | of widows | χηρῶν | of widows | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | viduarum | ? | ܒܥܠܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | προφάσει | as a pretext | προφασει | | | amplius | simulantes | ? | — | — | προφάσει | as a pretext | ||||||
| — | μακρὰ | at great length | μακρα | | | longa | longam | ? | ܕܡܘܪܟܝܢ | at great length | μακρὰ | at great length | ||||||
| — | προσεύχονται· | pray; | — | | | orantes | orationem | ? | ܨܠܘܬܗܘܢ | pray; | προσεύχονται | pray; | ||||||
| — | οὗτοι | These | ουτοι | | | hi | hi | ? | ܗܢܘܢ | These | Οὗτοι | These | ||||||
| — | λήμψονται | will receive | λημψονται | | | accipient | accipient | ? | ܢܩܒܠܘܢ | will receive | λήψονται | will receive | ||||||
| — | περισσότερον | more excessive | περισσοτερον | | | — | damnationem | ? | ܕܝܢܐ | more excessive | περισσότερον | more excessive | ||||||
| — | κρίμα.¶ | condemnation. | κριμα | | | iudicium | majorem | ? | ܝܬܝܪܐ | condemnation. | κρίμα | condemnation. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||