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 | — | | | — | Cum | And | ܘܐܬܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐλθόντες | having come | ελθοντες | | | uenientes | venissent | having come | ܗܢܘܢ | having come | ἐλθόντες | having come | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | — | | | ergo | ergo | now | ܕܝܢ | but | οἱ | now | ||||||
| — | οἱ | those hired | οι | | | qui | — | — | — | — | περὶ | those hired | ||||||
| — | περὶ | about | περι | | | circa | qui circa | about | ܕܚܕܥܤܪܐ | about | τὴν | about | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | undecimam | — | — | — | — | ἑνδεκάτην | the | ||||||
| — | ἑνδεκάτην | eleventh | ενδεκατην | | | horam | undecimam | eleventh | ܫܥܝܢ | eleventh | ὥραν | eleventh | ||||||
| — | ὥραν | hour | ωραν | | | — | horam venerant | hour | — | — | ἔλαβον | hour | ||||||
| — | ἔλαβον | they received | ελαβον | | | acceperunt | acceperunt | they received | ܢܤܒܘ | they received | ἀνὰ | they received | ||||||
| — | ἀνὰ | each | ανα | | | singulos | singulos | each | ܕܝܢܪ | each | δηνάριον | each | ||||||
| — | δηνάριον. | a denarius. | δηναριον | | | denarios | denarios | a denarius. | ܕܝܢܪ | a denarius. | δηνάριον. | a denarius. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 20:23 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||