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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὃς | who | — | | | inueniens | Inventa | who | ܟܕ | who | ὃς | who | ||||||
| — | εὑρὼν | having found | ευρων | | | praetiosam | autem | having found | ܕܝܢ | having found | εὑρὼν | having found | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | — | una | now | ܕܝܢ | but | ἕνα | now | ||||||
| — | ἕνα | one | — | | | uindedit | pretiosa | one | ܡܪܓܢܝܬܐ | one | πολύτιμον | one | ||||||
| — | πολύτιμον | very precious | πολυτειμον | | | margaritam | margarita | very precious | ܚܕܐ | very precious | μαργαρίτην | very precious | ||||||
| — | μαργαρίτην, | pearl, | μαργαρειτην | | | abit | abiit | pearl, | ܝܩܝܪܬ | pearl, | ἀπελθὼν | pearl, | ||||||
| — | ἀπελθὼν | having gone away | απελθων | | | et | et | having gone away | ܕܡܝܐ | having gone away | πέπρακεν | having gone away | ||||||
| — | πέπρακεν | he has sold | — | | | — | vendidit | he has sold | ܐܙܠ | he has sold | πάντα | he has sold | ||||||
| — | πάντα | all things | — | | | et | omnia | all things | ܙܒܢ | all things | ὅσα | all things | ||||||
| — | ὅσα | as much as | — | | | quae | quæ | as much as | ܟܠ | as much as | εἶχεν | as much as | ||||||
| — | εἶχεν | he was having | ειχεν | | | habebat | habuit | he was having | ܡܐ | he was having | καὶ | he was having | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܕܐܝܬ | and | ἠγόρασεν | and | ||||||
| — | ἠγόρασεν | he bought | ηγορασεν | | | emit | emit | he bought | ܠܗ | he bought | αὐτόν | he bought | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν.¶ | it. | αυτον | | | eam | eam | it. | ܘܙܒܢܗ | it. | αὐτόν.¶ | it. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||