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 | ||||||||||||
οP45 · P75 | The one | Ὁ | The one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
ακουσασP45 · P75 | having heard | ἀκούσας | having heard | ακουσας | | | audiuit | audit | having heard | ܕܫܡܥ | having heard | ἀκούσας | having heard | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | non | non | not | ܥܒܕ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
ποιησασP45 · P75 | having done | ποιήσας | having done | ποιησας | | | fecit | facit | having done | ܕܡܐ | having done | ποιήσας | having done | |||||
ομοιοσP45 · P75 | like | ὅμοιός | like | ομοιος | | | similis | similis | like | ܠܓܒܪܐ | like | ὅμοιός | like | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | it is | ἐστιν | it is | εστιν | | | est | est | it is | — | — | ἐστιν | it is | |||||
ανθρωπωιP45 · P75 | to a man | ἀνθρώπῳ | to a man | ανθρωπω | | | homini | homini | to a man | ܕܒܢܐ | to a man | ἀνθρώπῳ | to a man | |||||
οικοδομησαντιP45 · P75 | having built | οἰκοδομήσαντι | having built | οικοδομησαντι | | | — | ædificanti | having built | ܒܝܬܗ | having built | οἰκοδομήσαντι | having built | |||||
οικιανP45 · P75 | a house | οἰκίαν | a house | οικειαν | | | domum | domum | a house | ܥܠ | a house | οἰκίαν | a house | |||||
επιP45 · P75 | on | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | — | suam | on | ܥܦܪܐ | on | ἐπὶ | on | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | super | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
γηνP45 · P75 | ground | γῆν | ground | γην | | | terram | terram | ground | ܕܠܐ | ground | γῆν | ground | |||||
χωρισP45 · P75 | without | χωρὶς | without | χωρις | | | sine | sine | without | ܫܬܐܤܬܐ | without | χωρὶς | without | |||||
θεμελιουP45 · P75 | a foundation | θεμελίου | a foundation | θεμελιου | | | fundamento | fundamento | a foundation | ܘܟܕ | a foundation | θεμελίου | a foundation | |||||
ηιP45 · P75 | on which | ᾗ | on which | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ᾗ | on which | |||||
προσερηξενP45 · P75 | burst | προσέρηξεν | burst | — | | | aedificanti | quam | burst | ܒܗ | burst | προσέρρηξεν | burst | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
ποταμοσP45 · P75 | stream, | ποταμός, | stream, | ποταμος | | | est | est | stream, | ܢܗܪܐ | stream, | ποταμός | stream, | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | flumen | fluvius | and | ܒܪ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ευθυσP45 · P75 | immediately | εὐθὺς | immediately | — | | | et | et | immediately | ܫܥܬܗ | immediately | εὐθέως | immediately | |||||
συνεπεσενP45 · P75 | it fell, | συνέπεσεν, | it fell, | συνεπεσεν | | | concidit | continuo | it fell, | — | — | ἔπεσεν | it fell, | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | — | cecidit | and | ܢܦܠ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
εγενετοP45 · P75 | was | ἐγένετο | was | εγενετο | | | et | et | was | ܘܗܘܬ | was | ἐγένετο | was | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | facta | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
ρηγμαP45 · P75 | ruin | ῥῆγμα | ruin | ρηγμα | | | adlisit | est | ruin | ܡܦܘܠܬܗ | ruin | ῥῆγμα | ruin | |||||
τησP45 · P75 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | ruina | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
οικιασP45 · P75 | house | οἰκίας | house | οικειας | | | domus | domus | house | ܪܒܐ | house | οἰκίας | house | |||||
εκεινησP45 · P75 | that | ἐκείνης | that | εκεινης | | | illius | illius | that | ܕܒܝܬܐ | that | ἐκείνης | that | |||||
μεγαP45 · P75 | great one. | μέγα.¶ | great one. | μεγα | | | magna | magna | great one. | ܗܘ | great one. | μέγα | great one. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 7:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||