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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | autem | At ille | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | αποκρειθις | | | respondens | respondens | answering | ܥܢܐ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | ||||||
| — | ἑνὶ | to one | ενι | | | uni | uni | to one | ܠܚܕ | to one | εἶπεν | to one | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | eorum | eorum | of them | ܡܢܗܘܢ | of them | ἑνὶ | of them | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | he said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | he said; | ܘܐܡܪ | he said; | αὐτῶν | he said; | ||||||
| — | ἑταῖρε, | Friend, | εταιρε | | | amice | Amice | Friend, | ܚܒܪܝ | Friend, | Ἑταῖρε | Friend, | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἀδικῶ | I do wrong | αδικω | | | te | facio | I do wrong | ܡܥܘܠ | I do wrong | ἀδικῶ | I do wrong | ||||||
| — | σε· | you; | σε | | | nocui | tibi | you; | ܐܢܐ ܒܟ | you; | σε | you; | ||||||
| — | οὐχὶ | Surely | ουχι | | | placuisti | nonne | Surely | ܠܐ ܗܘܐ | Surely | οὐχὶ | Surely | ||||||
| — | δηναρίου | for a denarius | δηναριου | | | nonne | ex denario | for a denarius | ܒܕܝܢܪ | for a denarius | δηναρίου | for a denarius | ||||||
| — | συνεφώνησάς | you did agree with | συνεφωνησας | | | mecum | convenisti | you did agree with | ܩܨܬ | you did agree with | συνεφώνησάς | you did agree with | ||||||
| — | μοι; | me? | μοι | | | denario | mecum | me? | ܥܡܝ | me? | μοι | me? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 20:23 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||