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 | That which | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | That which | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | επει | | | super | super | on | ܕܝܢ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | est | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | πετρώδη | rocky places | πετρωδη | | | petrosa | petrosa | rocky ground | ܕܥܠ | rocky places | πετρώδη | rocky places | ||||||
| — | σπαρείς, | having been sown, | σπαρεις | | | seminatus | seminatus est | was sown | ܫܘܥܐ | having been sown, | σπαρείς | having been sown, | ||||||
| — | οὗτός | this | ουτος | | | hic | hic | this one | ܐܙܕܪܥ | this | οὗτός | this | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܗܘ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | λόγον | word | λογον | | | uerbum | verbum | word | ܗܘ | word | λόγον | word | ||||||
| — | ἀκούων | hearing | ακουων | | | audit | audit | hears | ܕܫܡܥ | hearing | ἀκούων | hearing | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܡܠܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | εὐθὺς | immediately | ευθυς | | | continuo | continuo | immediately | ܘܒܪ | immediately | εὐθὺς | immediately | ||||||
| — | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | cum | cum | with | ܫܥܬܗ | with | μετὰ | with | ||||||
| — | χαρᾶς | joy | χαρας | | | gaudio | gaudio | joy | ܒܚܕܘܬܐ | joy | χαρᾶς | joy | ||||||
| — | λαμβάνων | receiving | λαμβανων | | | accipit | accipit | receives | ܡܩܒܠ | receiving | λαμβάνων | receiving | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν. | it. | αυτον | | | eum | illud | it | ܠܗ | it. | αὐτόν | it. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||