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 | ||||||||||||
| — | τί | What | τι | | | quid | Quid | What | ܡܢܐ | What | Τί | What | ||||||
| — | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܗܟܝܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ||||||
| — | ποιήσει | will do | ποιησει | | | faciet | faciet | will do | ܢܥܒܕ | will do | ποιήσει | will do | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | dms | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | κύριος | master | — | | | — | dominus | master | ܡܪܐ | master | κύριος | master | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | ἀμπελῶνος; | vineyard? | αμπελωνος | | | uineam | vineæ | vineyard? | ܟܪܡܐ | vineyard? | ἀμπελῶνος | vineyard? | ||||||
| — | ἐλεύσεται | he will come | ελευσεται | | | ueniet | Veniet | he will come | ܢܐܬܐ | he will come | Ἐλεύσεται | he will come | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀπολέσει | he will destroy | απολεσει | | | perdet | perdet | he will destroy | ܢܘܒܕ | he will destroy | ἀπολέσει | he will destroy | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | γεωργοὺς | farmers | γεωργους | | | colonos | colonos | farmers | ܠܗܢܘܢ | farmers | γεωργούς | farmers | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܦܠܚܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | δώσει | will give | δωσει | | | — | dabit | will give | ܘܢܬܠܝܘܗܝ | will give | δώσει | will give | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | dauit | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἀμπελῶνα | vineyard | αμπελωνα | | | uineae | vineam | vineyard | ܟܪܡܐ | vineyard | ἀμπελῶνα | vineyard | ||||||
| — | ἄλλοις. | to others. | αλλοις | | | aliis | aliis | to others. | ܠܐܚܪܢܐ | to others. | ἄλλοις | to others. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 12:13 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||