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> | ο | | | seminauit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | and | δε | | | autem | autem | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐχθρὸς | the enemy | εχθρος | | | inimicus | Inimicus | the enemy | ܕܝܢ | the enemy | ἐχθρὸς | the enemy | ||||||
| — | ὁ | which | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | which | ||||||
| — | σπείρας | having sown | σπειρας | | | qui | qui seminavit | who sowed | ܕܙܪܥ | having sown | σπείρας | having sown | ||||||
| — | αὐτά | them | αυτα | | | — | ea | them | ܐܢܘܢ | them | αὐτά | them | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | saeculi | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | διάβολος· | devil; | διαβολος | | | diabolus | diabolus | the devil | ܤܛܢܐ | devil; | διάβολος | devil; | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | and | δε | | | — | — | — | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| — | θερισμὸς | the harvest | θερισμος | | | messis | Messis vero | the harvest indeed | — | — | θερισμὸς | the harvest | ||||||
| — | συντέλεια | the consummation | συντελεια | | | est | consummatio | completion | ܕܝܢ | the consummation | συντέλεια | the consummation | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | — | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | αἰῶνός | age | αιωνος | | | consummatio | sæculi | of the age | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | age | αἰῶνός | age | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν· | is; | εστιν | | | — | est | is | ܫܘܠܡܗ | is; | ἐστιν | is; | ||||||
| — | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | and | δε | | | sunt | autem | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| — | θερισταὶ | the harvesters | θερεισται | | | autem | Messores | reapers | ܚܨܘܕܐ | the harvesters | θερισταὶ | the harvesters | ||||||
| — | ἄγγελοί | angels | — | | | messores | angeli | angels | ܕܝܢ | angels | ἄγγελοί | angels | ||||||
| — | εἰσιν. | are. | εισιν | | | angeli | sunt | are | ܡܠܐܟܐ | are. | εἰσιν | are. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||