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 | — | | | conueniens | Conventione | and | ܩܨ | and | Καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | συμφωνήσας | Having agreed | συμφωνησας | | | autem | autem | Having agreed | ܕܝܢ | Having agreed | συμφωνήσας | Having agreed | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | diem | facta | then | ܕܝܢ | but | μετὰ | then | ||||||
| — | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | cum | cum | with | ܥܡ | with | τῶν | with | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐργατῶν | the | ||||||
| — | ἐργατῶν | workmen | εργατων | | | operariis | operariis | workmen | ܦܥܠܐ | workmen | ἐκ | workmen | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | for | εκ | | | ex | ex | for | ܡܢ | for | δηναρίου | for | ||||||
| — | δηναρίου | a denarius | δηναριου | | | denario | denario | a denarius | — | — | τὴν | a denarius | ||||||
| — | τὴν | for the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡμέραν | for the | ||||||
| — | ἡμέραν | day | ημεραν | | | — | diurno | day | ܕܝܢܪܐ | day | ἀπέστειλεν | day | ||||||
| — | ἀπέστειλεν | he sent | απεστειλεν | | | misit | misit | he sent | ܒܝܘܡܐ | he sent | αὐτοὺς | he sent | ||||||
| — | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them | ܘܫܕܪ | them | εἰς | them | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | — | — | τὸν | into | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἀμπελῶνα | the | ||||||
| — | ἀμπελῶνα | vineyard | αμπελωνα | | | uineam | vineam | vineyard | ܐܢܘܢ | vineyard | αὐτοῦ | vineyard | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ. | of him. | αυτου | | | suam | suam | of him. | ܠܟܪܡܗ | of him. | αὐτοῦ. | of him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 20:23 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||