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 | ܐܡܪܝܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | λέγουσιν | say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | dicunt | say | ܠܗ | say | λέγουσιν | say | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him | — | — | αὐτῷ | to Him | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | eius | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | μαθηταί | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | discipuli | disciples | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ· | of him: | αυτου | | | unde | Unde | of him: | ܐܝܡܟܐ | of him: | αὐτοῦ | of him: | ||||||
| — | πόθεν | From where | ποθεν | | | ergo | ergo | From where | — | — | Πόθεν | From where | ||||||
| — | ἡμῖν | to us | ημειν | | | nobis | nobis | to us | ܠܢ | to us | ἡμῖν | to us | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܚܘܪܒܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ἐρημίᾳ | a secluded place | ερημια | | | deserto | deserto | a secluded place | ܠܚܡܐ | a secluded place | ἐρημίᾳ | a secluded place | ||||||
| — | ἄρτοι | loaves | αρτοι | | | panes | panes | loaves | — | — | ἄρτοι | loaves | ||||||
| — | τοσοῦτοι | so many | τοσουτοι | | | tanti | tantos | so many | ܕܢܤܒܥ | so many | τοσοῦτοι | so many | ||||||
| — | ὥστε | as | ωστε | | | ut | ut | as | ܟܢܫܐ | as | ὥστε | as | ||||||
| — | χορτάσαι | to satisfy | χορτασαι | | | satientur | saturemus | to satisfy | — | — | χορτάσαι | to satisfy | ||||||
| — | ὄχλον | a crowd | οχλον | | | turbae | turbam | a crowd | ܗܢܐ | a crowd | ὄχλον | a crowd | ||||||
| — | τοσοῦτον;¶ | so great? | τοσουτον | | | tantae | tantam | so great? | ܟܠܗ | so great? | τοσοῦτον | so great? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||