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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐν | In | εν | | | in | In | In | ܒܩܝܡܬܐ | In | Ἐν | In | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | resurrectione | resurrectione | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | caelo | — | — | ܒܫܡܝܐ | the | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀναστάσει | resurrection | αναστασει | | | enim | enim | resurrection | ܕܡܝܬܐ | resurrection | ἀναστάσει | resurrection | ||||||
| — | οὔτε | neither | ουτε | | | neque | neque | neither | ܠܐ | neither | οὔτε | neither | ||||||
| — | γαμοῦσιν | do they marry | γαμουσιν | | | nubunt | nubent | do they marry | ܢܤܒܝܢ | do they marry | γαμοῦσιν | do they marry | ||||||
| — | οὔτε | nor | ουτε | | | neque | neque | nor | ܢܫܐ | nor | οὔτε | nor | ||||||
| — | γαμίζονται | are given in marriage | γαμειζονται | | | nubuntur | nubentur | are given in marriage | ܐܦܠܐ | are given in marriage | ἐκγαμίζονται | are given in marriage | ||||||
| — | ἀλλ᾽ | but | — | | | sed | sed | but | ܢܫܐ | but | ἀλλ’ | but | ||||||
| — | ὡς | like | ως | | | — | erunt | like | ܗܘܝܢ | like | ὡς | like | ||||||
| — | ἄγγελοι | angels | αγγελοι | | | sicut | sicut | angels | ܠܓܒܪܐ | angels | ἄγγελοι | angels | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | θεοῦ | of God | — | | | angeli | angeli | of God | ܐܠܐ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | — | Dei | in | ܐܝܟ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οὐρανῷ | <the> | ||||||
| — | οὐρανῷ | heaven | ουρανω | | | in | in | heaven | ܡܠܐܟܐ | heaven | εἰσιν | heaven | ||||||
| — | εἰσιν. | they are. | εισιν | | | sunt | cælo | they are. | ܕܐܠܗܐ | they are. | εἰσιν. | they are. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||