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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οἱ | Those | οι | | | manducarunt | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | Those | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | ἐσθίοντες | eating | — | | | erant | — | — | ܐܢܫܐ | eating | ἐσθίοντες | eating | ||||||
| — | ἦσαν | were | ησαν | | | ad | fuit | was | ܕܐܟܠܘ | were | ἦσαν | were | ||||||
| — | ἄνδρες | men | ανδρες | | | qui | virorum | of men | ܗܘܝܢ | men | ἄνδρες | men | ||||||
| — | ὡσεὶ | about | — | | | milia | — | — | ܗܘܘ | about | ὡσεὶ | about | ||||||
| — | πεντακισχίλιοι | five thousand | πεντακισχειλιοι | | | uiri | quinque millia | five thousand | ܐܠܦܐ | five thousand | πεντακισχίλιοι | five thousand | ||||||
| — | χωρὶς | besides | χωρις | | | exceptis | exceptis | besides | ܚܡܫܐ | besides | χωρὶς | besides | ||||||
| — | γυναικῶν | women | — | | | mulieribus | mulieribus | women | ܤܛܪ | women | γυναικῶν | women | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | παιδίων.¶ | children. | παιδιων | | | — | parvulis | children. | ܢܫܐ | children. | παιδίων | children. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||