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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܫܕܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀπέστειλεν | he sent | απεστειλεν | | | misit | misit | he sent | — | — | ἀπέστειλεν | he sent | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܘܬ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | uinea | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | γεωργοὺς | farmers | γεωργους | | | colonos | agricolas | farmers | ܦܠܚܐ | farmers | γεωργοὺς | farmers | ||||||
| — | τῷ | at the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | at the | ||||||
| — | καιρῷ | due time | καιρω | | | in | in | due time | — | — | καιρῷ | due time | ||||||
| — | δοῦλον | a servant | δουλον | | | tempore | tempore | a servant | ܥܒܕܗ | a servant | δοῦλον | a servant | ||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | seruum | servum | that | ܒܙܒܢܐ | that | ἵνα | that | ||||||
| — | παρὰ | from | — | | | ut | ut | from | — | — | παρὰ | from | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | — | | | ex | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | γεωργῶν | farmers | — | | | — | ab | farmers | ܕܡܢ | farmers | γεωργῶν | farmers | ||||||
| — | λάβῃ | he may receive | — | | | — | agricolis | he may receive | ܦܐܪܐ | he may receive | λάβῃ | he may receive | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | darent | acciperet | from | — | — | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | καρπῶν | fruits | — | | | de | de | fruits | ܕܟܪܡܐ | fruits | καρποῦ | fruits | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | ei | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | ἀμπελῶνος. | vineyard. | αμπελωνος | | | fructibus | fructu | vineyard. | ܢܤܒ | vineyard. | ἀμπελῶνος | vineyard. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 12:5 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||