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 | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἄλλο | other | αλλο | | | aliud | aliud | other | — | — | ἄλλο | other | ||||||
| — | ἔπεσεν | fell | επεσεν | | | caecidit | cecidit | fell | ܢܦܠ | fell | ἔπεσεν | fell | ||||||
| — | εἰς | among | — | | | in | in | among | ܒܝܬ | among | εἰς | among | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | τας | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | ἀκάνθας, | thorns, | ακανθας | | | spinas | spinas | thorns, | — | — | ἀκάνθας | thorns, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܟܘܒܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀνέβησαν | grew up | ανεβησαν | | | ascenderunt | ascenderunt | grew up | ܘܤܠܩܘ | grew up | ἀνέβησαν | grew up | ||||||
| — | αἱ | the | αι | | | — | — | — | — | — | αἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἄκανθαι | thorns | ακανθαι | | | spinae | spinæ | thorns | — | — | ἄκανθαι | thorns | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܟܘܒܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | συνέπνιξαν | choked | συνεπνιξαν | | | suffocauerunt | suffocaverunt | choked | ܘܚܢܩܘܗܝ | choked | συνέπνιξαν | choked | ||||||
| — | αὐτό, | it, | αυτο | | | illud | illud | it, | — | — | αὐτό | it, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܦܐܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | καρπὸν | fruit | καρπον | | | fructum | fructum | fruit | ܠܐ | fruit | καρπὸν | fruit | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | no | ουκ | | | non | non | no | — | — | οὐκ | no | ||||||
| — | ἔδωκεν. | it yielded. | εδωκεν | | | dedit | dedit | it yielded. | ܝܗܒ | it yielded. | ἔδωκεν | it yielded. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||