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 | ||||||||||||
| — | παραδοθήσεσθε | You will be betrayed | παραδοθησεσθε | | | trademini | Trademini | You will be betrayed | ܢܫܠܡܘܢܟܘܢ | You will be betrayed | Παραδοθήσεσθε | You will be betrayed | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | καὶ | even | και | | | a | a | even | ܕܝܢ | even | καὶ | even | ||||||
| — | ὑπὸ | by | ϋπο | | | parentibus | parentibus | by | — | — | ὑπὸ | by | ||||||
| — | γονέων | parents | γονεων | | | et | et | parents | ܐܒܗܝܟܘܢ | parents | γονέων | parents | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | fratribus | fratribus | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφῶν | brothers | αδελφων | | | et | et | brothers | ܘܐܚܝܟܘܢ | brothers | συγγενῶν | brothers | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | cognatis | cognatis | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | συγγενῶν | relatives | — | | | et | et | relatives | ܘܐܚܝܢܝܟܘܢ | relatives | φίλων | relatives | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | amicis | amicis | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | φίλων, | friends | φιλων | | | et | et | friends | ܘܪܚܡܝܟܘܢ | friends | ἀδελφῶν | friends | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | morti | morte | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | θανατώσουσιν | they will put to death | θανατωσουσιν | | | et | afficient | they will put to death | ܘܢܡܝܬܘܢ | they will put to death | θανατώσουσιν | they will put to death | ||||||
| — | ἐξ | some from among | εξ | | | ex | ex | some from among | — | — | ἐξ | some from among | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν. | you. | υμων | | | uobis | vobis | you. | ܡܢܟܘܢ | you. | ὑμῶν | you. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||