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 | ܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | λέγει | says | λεγει | | | dicit | ait | says | ܠܗܘܢ | says | λέγει | says | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | eis | illis | to them | ܝܫܘܥ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | pisciculos | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus; | ܟܡܐ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | ||||||
| — | πόσους | How many | ποσους | | | quod | Quot | How many | ܠܚܡܝܢ | How many | Πόσους | How many | ||||||
| — | ἄρτους | loaves | αρτους | | | habetis | panes | loaves | ܐܝܬ | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | ||||||
| — | ἔχετε; | have you? | — | | | panes | habetis | do you have | ܠܟܘܢ | have you? | ἔχετε | have you? | ||||||
| — | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | qui | At | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | εἶπαν· | they said; | — | | | autem | illi | they said; | ܠܗ | they said; | εἶπον | they said; | ||||||
| — | ἑπτὰ | Seven | επτα | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | Seven | ܫܒܥܐ | Seven | Ἑπτά | Seven | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | septem | Septem | and | ܘܩܠܝܠ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὀλίγα | a few | ολιγα | | | et | et | a few | ܢܘܢܐ | a few | ὀλίγα | a few | ||||||
| — | ἰχθύδια. | small fish. | ϊχθυδια | | | paucos | paucos pisciculos | a few small fish | ܕܩܕܩܐ | small fish. | ἰχθύδια | small fish. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||