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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܢܪܡܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | βαλοῦσιν | will cast | — | | | mittent | mittent | will cast | ܐܢܘܢ | will cast | βαλοῦσιν | will cast | ||||||
| — | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them | — | — | αὐτοὺς | them | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܒܐܬܘܢܐ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | κάμινον | furnace | καμεινον | | | caminum | caminum | furnace | ܕܢܘܪܐ | furnace | κάμινον | furnace | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | πυρός· | fire; | πυρος | | | ignis | ignis | fire; | — | — | πυρός | fire; | ||||||
| — | ἐκεῖ | There | εκει | | | ibi | ibi | There | ܬܡܢ | There | ἐκεῖ | There | ||||||
| — | ἔσται | will be | εσται | | | erit | erit | will be | ܢܗܘܐ | will be | ἔσται | will be | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | κλαυθμος | | | fletus | fletus | weeping | ܒܟܝܐ | weeping | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | βρυγμὸς | gnashing | βρυγμος | | | stridor | stridor | gnashing | ܘܚܘܪܩ | gnashing | βρυγμὸς | gnashing | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | ὀδόντων. | teeth. | ο δοντων | | | dentium | dentium | teeth. | ܫܢܐ | teeth. | ὀδόντων | teeth. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||