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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἄλλην | Another | αλλην | | | aliam | Aliam | Another | ܐܚܪܢܐ | Another | Ἄλλην | Another | ||||||
| — | παραβολὴν | parable | παραβολην | | | parabolam | parabolam | parable | ܡܬܠܐ | parable | παραβολὴν | parable | ||||||
| — | παρέθηκεν | put He before | παρεθηκεν | | | adposuit | proposuit | put He before | ܐܡܬܠ | put He before | παρέθηκεν | put He before | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | them | αυτοις | | | — | illis | them | — | — | αὐτοῖς | them | ||||||
| — | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying; | ܠܗܘܢ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | ||||||
| — | ὡμοιώθη | Has become like | ωμοιωθη | | | simile | Simile factum est | was made like | ܘܐܡܪ | Has become like | Ὡμοιώθη | Has become like | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | eis | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | βασιλεία | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | regnum | regnum | kingdom | ܕܡܝܐ | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | est | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | οὐρανῶν | heavens | ουρανων | | | — | cælorum | heavens | ܡܠܟܘܬܐ | heavens | οὐρανῶν | heavens | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώπῳ | a man | ανθρωπω | | | homini | homini | a man | ܕܫܡܝܐ | a man | ἀνθρώπῳ | a man | ||||||
| — | σπείραντι | having sown | — | | | caelorum | qui seminavit | who sowed | ܠܓܒܪܐ | having sown | σπείροντι | having sown | ||||||
| — | καλὸν | good | καλον | | | bonum | bonum | good | — | — | καλὸν | good | ||||||
| — | σπέρμα | seed | σπερμα | | | seminanti | semen | seed | ܕܙܪܥ | seed | σπέρμα | seed | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܙܪܥܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the | τω | | | semen | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀγρῷ | field | αγρω | | | agro | agro | field | ܛܒܐ | field | ἀγρῷ | field | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ. | of him. | — | | | suo | suo | of him. | ܒܩܪܝܬܗ | of him. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||