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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Πάλιν | Again | παλειν | | | iterum | Iterum | Again | ܬܘܒ | Again | Πάλιν | Again | ||||||
| — | ὁμοία | like | ομοια | | | simile | simile | like | ܕܡܝܐ | like | ὁμοία | like | ||||||
| — | ἐστὶν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | — | — | ἐστὶν | is | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | caelorum | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | βασιλεία | kingdom | βασιλια | | | regnum | regnum | kingdom | ܡܠܟܘܬܐ | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | οὐρανῶν | heavens | ουρανων | | | — | cælorum | heavens | ܕܫܡܝܐ | heavens | οὐρανῶν | heavens | ||||||
| — | σαγήνῃ | to a dragnet | σαγηνη | | | saginae | sagenæ | to a dragnet | ܠܡܨܝܕܬܐ | to a dragnet | σαγήνῃ | to a dragnet | ||||||
| — | βληθείσῃ | having been cast | βληθειση | | | missae | missæ | having been cast | — | — | βληθείσῃ | having been cast | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܕܢܦܠܬ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | θάλασσαν | sea | θαλασσαν | | | mari | mare | sea | ܒܝܡܐ | sea | θάλασσαν | sea | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | of | εκ | | | ex | ex | of | ܟܠ | of | ἐκ | of | ||||||
| — | παντὸς | every | παντος | | | omni | omni | every | — | — | παντὸς | every | ||||||
| — | γένους | kind | γενους | | | genere | genere piscium | kind of fish | ܓܢܤ | kind | γένους | kind | ||||||
| — | συναγαγούσῃ, | having gathered together, | συναγαγουση | | | congreganti | congreganti | gathering | ܟܢܫܬ | having gathered together, | συναγαγούσῃ | having gathered together, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||