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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ὁ | The | — | | | eicit | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The | ||||||
| — | ἀγαθὸς | good | αγαθος | | | bonus | Bonus | good | ܓܒܪܐ | good | ἀγαθὸς | good | ||||||
| — | ἄνθρωπος | man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | homo | man | ܛܒܐ | man | ἄνθρωπος | man | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | de | de | out of | ܡܢ | out of | ἐκ | out of | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀγαθοῦ | good | αγαθου | | | bono | bono | good | ܤܝܡܬܐ | good | ἀγαθοῦ | good | ||||||
| — | θησαυροῦ | treasure | θησαυρου | | | thensauro | thesauro | treasure | — | — | θησαυροῦ | treasure | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐκβάλλει | <the> | ||||||
| — | καρδίας | of his heart | — | | | profert | profert | of his heart | ܛܒܬܐ | of his heart | ἀγαθά | of his heart | ||||||
| — | ἐκβάλλει | puts forth | εκβαλλει | | | bona | bona | puts forth | ܡܦܩ | puts forth | καὶ | puts forth | ||||||
| — | τά | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀγαθά, | good things, | αγαθα | | | — | — | — | ܛܒܬܐ | good things, | πονηρὸς | good things, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܓܒܪܐ | and | ἄνθρωπος | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐκ | the | ||||||
| — | πονηρὸς | evil | πονηρος | | | malus | malus | evil | ܒܝܫܐ | evil | τοῦ | evil | ||||||
| — | ἄνθρωπος | man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | homo | man | ܡܢ | man | πονηροῦ | man | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | de | de | out of | — | — | θησαυροῦ | out of | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐκβάλλει | <the> | ||||||
| — | πονηροῦ | his evil | πονηρου | | | malo | malo | his evil | ܤܝܡܬܐ | his evil | πονηρά | his evil | ||||||
| — | θησαυροῦ | treasure | θησαυρου | | | thensauro | thesauro | treasure | ܒܝܫܬܐ | treasure | θησαυροῦ | treasure | ||||||
| — | ἐκβάλλει | puts forth | εκβαλλει | | | — | profert | puts forth | ܡܦܩ | puts forth | ἐκβάλλει | puts forth | ||||||
| — | πονηρά.¶ | evil things. | πονηρα | | | mala | mala | evil things. | ܒܝܫܬܐ | evil things. | πονηρά.¶ | evil things. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||