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 | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܫܕܪ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀπέστειλεν | he sent | απεστειλεν | | | misit | misit | he sent | — | — | ἀπέστειλεν | he sent | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | δούλους | servants | δουλους | | | seruos | servos | servants | ܠܥܒܕܘܗܝ | servants | δούλους | servants | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | suos | suos | of him | ܕܢܩܪܘܢ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | καλέσαι | to call | καλεσαι | | | uocare | vocare | to call | — | — | καλέσαι | to call | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | those | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | those | ||||||
| — | κεκλημένους | invited | κεκλημενους | | | — | — | — | ܠܡܙܡܢܐ | invited | κεκλημένους | invited | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | inuitatos | invitatos | to | ܠܡܫܬܘܬܐ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | γάμους, | wedding feast, | γαμους | | | ad | ad | wedding feast, | — | — | γάμους | wedding feast, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | nuptias | nuptias | and | ܘܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | et | et | not | ܨܒܘ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἤθελον | they were willing | ηθελον | | | nolebant | nolebant | they were willing | — | — | ἤθελον | they were willing | ||||||
| — | ἐλθεῖν. | to come. | ελθειν | | | uenire | venire | to come. | ܠܡܐܬܐ | to come. | ἐλθεῖν | to come. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||