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 | — | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܡܪ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐκείνοις | to those | — | | | dixit | dixit | to those | ܠܗܘܢ | to those | ἐκείνοις | to those | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | he said; | ειπεν | | | illis | illis | he said; | — | — | εἶπεν | he said; | ||||||
| — | ὑπάγετε | do go | — | | | ite | Ite | do go | ܙܠܘ | do go | Ὑπάγετε | do go | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | — | — | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܐܢܬܘܢ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | dauo | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἀμπελῶνα, | vineyard, | αμπελωνα | | | uineam | vineam | vineyard, | ܠܟܪܡܐ | vineyard, | ἀμπελῶνα | vineyard, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | meam | and | ܘܡܕܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὃ | whatever | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | ὃ | whatever | ||||||
| — | ἐὰν | if | — | | | quod | quod | if | ܕܘܠܐ | if | ἐὰν | if | ||||||
| — | ᾖ | shall be | η | | | iustum | — | — | — | — | ᾖ | shall be | ||||||
| — | δίκαιον | right | δικαιον | | | fuerit | fuerit | right | — | — | δίκαιον | right | ||||||
| — | δώσω | I will give | δωσω | | | — | dabo | I will give | ܐܢܐ | I will give | δώσω | I will give | ||||||
| — | ὑμῖν. | you. | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | you. | ܠܟܘܢ | you. | ὑμῖν | you. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 20:23 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||