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 | ܘܐܟܠܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἔφαγον | ate | εφαγον | | | manducauerunt | manducaverunt | ate | ܟܠܗܘܢ | ate | ἔφαγον | ate | ||||||
| — | πάντες | all | παντες | | | xii· | omnes | all | ܘܤܒܥܘ | all | πάντες | all | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐχορτάσθησαν· | were satisfied; | εχορτασθησαν | | | saturati | saturati sunt | were satisfied | ܘܫܩܠܘ | were satisfied; | ἐχορτάσθησαν | were satisfied; | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | sunt | Et | and | ܬܘܬܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἦραν | they took up | ηραν | | | et | tulerunt | they took up | ܕܩܨܝܐ | they took up | ἦραν | they took up | ||||||
| — | τὸ | that which | το | | | plenos | — | — | — | — | τὸ | that which | ||||||
| — | περισσεῦον | is remaindering | περισσευον | | | tulerunt | reliquias | the remnants | ܬܪܥܤܪ | is remaindering | περισσεῦον | is remaindering | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | κλασμάτων, | fragments, | κλασματων | | | reliquias | fragmentorum | of fragments | — | — | κλασμάτων | fragments, | ||||||
| — | δώδεκα | twelve | — | | | — | duodecim | twelve | ܩܘܦܝܢܝܢ | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | ||||||
| — | κοφίνους | hand-baskets | κοφινους | | | cofinos | cophinos | hand-baskets | ܟܕ | hand-baskets | κοφίνους | hand-baskets | ||||||
| — | πλήρεις. | full. | πληρεις | | | fragmentorum | plenos | full | ܡܠܝܢ | full. | πλήρεις | full. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||