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 | ||||||||||||
| — | τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | lucebunt | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | δίκαιοι | righteous | δικαιοι | | | iusti | justi | righteous | ܙܕܝܩܐ | righteous | δίκαιοι | righteous | ||||||
| — | ἐκλάμψουσιν | will shine forth | — | | | — | fulgebunt | will shine forth | ܢܢܗܪܘܢ | will shine forth | ἐκλάμψουσιν | will shine forth | ||||||
| — | ὡς | as | ως | | | sicut | sicut | as | ܐܝܟ | as | ὡς | as | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | ἥλιος | sun | ηλιος | | | sol | sol | sun | ܫܡܫܐ | sun | ἥλιος | sun | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܡܠܟܘܬܗ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | sui | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | regno | regno | kingdom | ܕܐܒܘܗܘܢ | kingdom | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | πατρὸς | Father | — | | | patris | Patris | Father | ܡܢ | Father | πατρὸς | Father | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν. | of them. | αυτων | | | — | eorum | of them. | ܕܐܝܬ | of them. | αὐτῶν | of them. | ||||||
| — | ὁ | The one | ο | | | audiat | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | ||||||
| — | ἔχων | having | εχων | | | qui | Qui | having | ܠܗ | having | ἔχων | having | ||||||
| — | ὦτα | ears | ωτα | | | habet | habet | ears | ܐܕܢܐ | ears | ὦτα | ears | ||||||
| — | ἀκούειν | to hear | ακουειν | | | aures | aures | to hear | ܕܢܫܡܥ | to hear | ἀκούειν | to hear | ||||||
| — | ἀκουέτω.¶ | he should hear. | ακουετω | | | audiendi | audiat | let him hear | ܢܫܡܥ | he should hear. | ἀκουέτω | he should hear. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||