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 | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἔλεγεν· | He was saying; | ελεγεν | | | dicebat | dicebat | He was saying; | ܗܘܐ | He was saying; | ἔλεγεν | He was saying; | ||||||
| — | οὕτως | Thus | ουτως | | | sic | Sic | Thus | ܗܟܢܐ | Thus | Οὕτως | Thus | ||||||
| — | ἐστὶν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | — | — | ἐστὶν | is | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | βασιλεία | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | regnum | regnum | kingdom | ܗܝ | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | θεοῦ, | of God, | θυ | | | dei | Dei | of God, | ܡܠܟܘܬܐ | of God, | θεοῦ | of God, | ||||||
| — | ὡς | as | ως | | | quemadmodum | quemadmodum | as | ܕܐܠܗܐ | as | ὡς | as | ||||||
| — | ἐὰν | if | — | | | si | si | if | ܐܝܟ | if | ἐὰν | if | ||||||
| — | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | homo | a man | ܐܢܫ | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ||||||
| — | βάλῃ | shall cast | — | | | iaciat | jaciat | shall cast | — | — | βάλῃ | shall cast | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | σπόρον | seed | σπορον | | | semen | sementem | seed | ܕܢܪܡܐ | seed | σπόρον | seed | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | in | in | upon | ܙܪܥܐ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | γῆς | earth | γης | | | terram | terram | earth | ܒܐܪܥܐ | earth | γῆς | earth | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||