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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὡς | As | — | | | similis | Sicut | As | ܐܝܟ | As | Ὡς | As | ||||||
| — | κόκκῳ | a grain | κοκκω | | | grano | granum | a grain | ܦܪܕܬܐ | a grain | κόκκον | a grain | ||||||
| — | σινάπεως | of mustard | σιναπεως | | | sinapis | sinapis | of mustard | ܗܝ | of mustard | σινάπεως | of mustard | ||||||
| — | ὃς | which | — | | | quod | quod | which | ܕܚܪܕܠܐ | which | ὅς | which | ||||||
| — | ὅταν | when | — | | | cum | cum | when | ܗܝ | when | ὅταν | when | ||||||
| — | σπαρῇ | it may be sown | σπαρη | | | seminatum | seminatum | it may be sown | ܕܡܐ | it may be sown | σπαρῇ | it may be sown | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | est | fuerit | upon | ܕܐܙܕܪܥܬ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | — | | | sunt | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | γῆς, | earth, | — | | | in | in | earth, | ܒܐܪܥܐ | earth, | γῆς | earth, | ||||||
| — | μικρότερον | smaller than | μεικροτερον | | | terram | terra | smaller than | ܙܥܘܪܝܐ | smaller than | μικρότερος | smaller than | ||||||
| — | ὂν | is | — | | | minor | minus | is | ܗܝ | is | πάντων | is | ||||||
| — | πάντων | all | παντων | | | est | est | all | ܡܢ | all | τῶν | all | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | in | — | — | — | — | σπερμάτων | the | ||||||
| — | σπερμάτων | seeds | σπερματων | | | omnibus | omnibus | seeds | ܟܠܗܘܢ | seeds | ἐστὶν | seeds | ||||||
| — | τῶν | which are | — | | | terram | — | — | — | — | τῶν | which are | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | seminibus | seminibus | upon | ܙܪܥܘܢܐ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | est | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | γῆς. | earth. | γης | | | quae | quæ | earth. | ܕܥܠ | earth. | γῆς | earth. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||