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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὥσπερ | As | ωσπερ | | | sicut | Sicut | As | ܐܝܟܢܐ | As | Ὥσπερ | As | ||||||
| — | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܗܟܝܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ||||||
| — | συλλέγεται | is gathered | — | | | colleguntur | colliguntur | is gathered | ܕܡܬܓܒܝܢ | is gathered | συλλέγεται | is gathered | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | ita | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | ζιζάνια | weeds | ζιζανια | | | zizania | zizania | weeds | — | — | ζιζάνια | weeds | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܙܝܙܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πυρὶ | in fire | πυρι | | | igni | igni | in fire | ܘܝܩܕܝܢ | in fire | πυρὶ | in fire | ||||||
| — | κατακαίεται, | is burned up, | — | | | — | — | — | ܒܢܘܪܐ | is burned up, | καίεται | is burned up, | ||||||
| — | οὕτως | thus | ουτως | | | — | comburuntur | thus | ܗܟܢܐ | thus | οὕτως | thus | ||||||
| — | ἔσται | it will be | εσται | | | consummatione | sic | it will be | ܢܗܘܐ | it will be | ἔσται | it will be | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | erit | erit | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | συντελείᾳ | consummation | συντελεια | | | in | in | consummation | ܒܫܘܠܡܗ | consummation | συντελείᾳ | consummation | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | αἰῶνος | age | αιωνος | | | conburuntur | consummatione | age | ܕܥܠܡܐ | age | αἰῶνος | age | ||||||
| — | τούτου. | this. | — | | | saeculi | sæculi | this. | ܗܢܐ | this. | τούτου | this. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||