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 | ||||||||||||
| — | λέγουσιν | They say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | Dicunt | They say | ܐܡܪܝܢ | They say | Λέγουσιν | They say | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to him | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to him | ܠܗ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | Because | οτι | | | ait | — | — | — | — | Ὅτι | Because | ||||||
| — | οὐδεὶς | no one | ουδεις | | | quia | Quia | no one | ܕܠܐ | no one | οὐδεὶς | no one | ||||||
| — | ἡμᾶς | us | ημας | | | nemo | nemo | us | ܐܢܫ | us | ἡμᾶς | us | ||||||
| — | ἐμισθώσατο. | has hired. | εμεισθωσατο | | | — | — | — | ܐܓܪܢ | has hired. | ἐμισθώσατο | has hired. | ||||||
| — | λέγει | He says | λεγει | | | nos | nos | He says | ܐܡܪ | He says | Λέγει | He says | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | conduxit | conduxit | to them; | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them; | ||||||
| — | ὑπάγετε | do go | — | | | — | Dicit | do go | ܠܗܘܢ | do go | Ὑπάγετε | do go | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | — | — | — | ܙܠܘ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ϋμεις | | | illis | illis | You yourselves | ܐܦ | You yourselves | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | ite | Ite | into | — | — | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἀμπελῶνα | vineyard’ | αμπελωνα | | | et | et | vineyard’ | ܐܢܬܘܢ | vineyard’ | ἀμπελῶνα | vineyard’ | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | — | — | ܠܟܪܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὃ | what | — | | | uos | — | — | — | — | ὃ | what | ||||||
| — | ἐὰν | if | — | | | in | in | if | ܕܘܠܐ | if | ἐὰν | if | ||||||
| — | ᾖ | shall be | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ᾖ | shall be | ||||||
| — | δίκαιον | right | — | | | uineam | vineam | right | ܢܤܒܝܢ | right | δίκαιον | right | ||||||
| — | λήψεσθε.¶ | you will receive. | — | | | meam | meam | you will receive. | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you will receive. | λήψεσθε | you will receive. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 20:23 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||