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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Σπλαγχνισθεὶς | Having been moved with compassion | — | | | misertus | Misertus | Having been moved with compassion | ܘܐܬܪܚܡ | Having been moved with compassion | Σπλαγχνισθεὶς | Having been moved with compassion | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | κύριος | master | — | | | — | dominus | master | — | — | κύριος | master | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | dms | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | δούλου | servant, | δουλου | | | serui | servi | servant, | ܕܥܒܕܐ | servant, | δούλου | servant, | ||||||
| — | ἐκείνου | that one | εκεινου | | | illius | illius | that one | ܗܘ | that one | ἐκείνου | that one | ||||||
| — | ἀπέλυσεν | released | απελυσεν | | | dimisit | dimisit | released | — | — | ἀπέλυσεν | released | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | him | ܘܫܪܝܗܝ | him | αὐτόν | him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܚܘܒܬܗ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | δάνειον | debt | δανιον | | | faenus | debitum | debt | — | — | δάνειον | debt | ||||||
| — | ἀφῆκεν | forgave | αφηκεν | | | dimisit | dimisit | forgave | ܫܒܩ | forgave | ἀφῆκεν | forgave | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ. | him. | αυτω | | | ei | ei | him. | ܠܗ | him. | αὐτῷ | him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 18:32 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||