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 | ||||||||||||
| — | αὐτομάτη | Of itself | αυτοματη | | | ultro | Ultro | Of itself | ܐܪܥܐ | Of itself | Αὐτομάτη | Of itself | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | — | | | quoniam | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | γῆ | earth | γη | | | terra | terra | earth | ܠܗ | earth | γῆ | earth | ||||||
| — | καρποφορεῖ | brings forth fruit — | καρποφορει | | | fructificat | fructificat | brings forth fruit — | ܠܦܐܪܐ | brings forth fruit — | καρποφορεῖ | brings forth fruit — | ||||||
| — | πρῶτον | first | πρωτον | | | primum | primum | first | ܘܠܘܩܕܡ | first | πρῶτον | first | ||||||
| — | χόρτον | a plant | χορτον | | | herbam | herbam | a plant | ܗܘܐ | a plant | χόρτον | a plant | ||||||
| — | εἶτα | then | ειτα | | | deinde | deinde | then | ܥܤܒܐ | then | εἶτα | then | ||||||
| — | στάχυν | an ear | — | | | spicam | spicam | an ear | ܘܒܬܪܗ | an ear | στάχυν | an ear | ||||||
| — | εἶτα | then | ειτα | | | deinde | deinde | then | ܫܒܠܐ | then | εἶτα | then | ||||||
| — | πλήρης | full | πληρης | | | plenum | plenum | full | ܐܚܪܝܬ | full | πλήρη | full | ||||||
| — | σῖτον | grain | — | | | — | frumentum | grain | ܕܝܢ | grain | σῖτον | grain | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܚܛܬܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the | τω | | | granum | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| — | στάχυϊ. | ear. | σταχυι | | | spicam | spica | ear. | ܒܫܒܠܐ | ear. | στάχυϊ | ear. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||