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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οὕτως | Thus | ουτως | | | sic | Sic | Thus | ܗܟܢܐ | Thus | Οὕτως | Thus | ||||||
| — | ἔσονται | will be | εσονται | | | erunt | erunt | will be | ܢܗܘܘܢ | will be | ἔσονται | will be | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | autem | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἔσχατοι | last | — | | | nouissimi | novissimi | last | ܐܚܪܝܐ | last | ἔσχατοι | last | ||||||
| — | πρῶτοι | first | πρωτοι | | | primi | primi | first | — | — | πρῶτοι | first | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܩܕܡܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | πρῶτοι | first | πρωτοι | | | primi | primi | first | ܘܩܕܡܝܐ | first | πρῶτοι | first | ||||||
| — | ἔσχατοι | last | — | | | nouissimi | novissimi | last | ܐܚܪܝܐ | last | ἔσχατοι | last | ||||||
| — | πολλοὶ | many | πολλοι | | | multi | Multi | many | ܤܓܝܐܝܢ | many | πολλοὶ | many | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | ||||||
| — | εἰσιν | are | εισιν | | | sunt | sunt | are | ܓܝܪ | are | εἰσιν | are | ||||||
| — | κλητοί | called | κλητοι | | | uocati | vocati | called | — | — | κλητοί | called | ||||||
| — | ὀλίγοι | few | ολιγοι | | | pauci | pauci | few | ܩܪܝܐ | few | ὀλίγοι | few | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | — | vero | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ἐκλεκτοί.¶ | chosen. | εκλεκτοι | | | electi | electi | chosen. | ܓܒܝܐ | chosen. | ἐκλεκτοί | chosen. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 20:23 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||