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 | ||||||||||||
υστερονP104 | Afterward | ὕστερον | Afterward | ϋστερον | | | nouissime | Novissime | Afterward | ܐܚܪܝܬ | Afterward | Ὕστερον | Afterward | |||||
δεP104 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
απεστειλενP104 | he sent | ἀπέστειλεν | he sent | απεστειλεν | | | misit | misit | he sent | ܫܕܪ | he sent | ἀπέστειλεν | he sent | |||||
πρὸςP104 | to | πρὸς | to | — | | | illis | ad | to | ܠܘܬܗܘܢ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
αὐτοὺςP104 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | — | | | — | eos | them | ܠܒܪܗ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
τὸνP104 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
υἱὸνP104 | son | υἱὸν | son | ϋιον | | | filium | filium | son | ܟܕ | son | υἱὸν | son | |||||
αὐτοῦP104 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | suum | suum | of him | ܐܡܪ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
λέγων·P104 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying; | ܟܒܪ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||
ἐντραπήσονταιP104 | They will respect | ἐντραπήσονται | They will respect | — | | | — | Verebuntur | They will respect | ܢܒܗܬܘܢ | They will respect | Ἐντραπήσονται | They will respect | |||||
τὸνP104 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | reuerebuntur | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
υἱόνP104 | son | υἱόν | son | ϋιον | | | filium | filium | son | ܡܢ | son | υἱόν | son | |||||
μου.¶P104 | of mine. | μου.¶ | of mine. | μου | | | meum | meum | of mine. | ܒܪܝ | of mine. | μου | of mine. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 21:43 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||