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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | occiderunt | — | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | reliqui | reliqui | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | λοιποὶ | the rest | λοιποι | | | autem | vero | ? | ܕܝܢ | the rest | λοιποὶ | the rest | ||||||
| — | κρατήσαντες | having laid hold of | κρατησαντες | | | tenentes | tenuerunt | ? | — | — | κρατήσαντες | having laid hold of | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | δούλους | servants | δουλους | | | seruos | ejus | ? | ܐܚܕܘ | servants | δούλους | servants | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | eius | et | and | ܠܥܒܕܘܗܝ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | ὕβρισαν | mistreated | ϋβρεισαν | | | et | contumeliis | ? | — | — | ὕβρισαν | mistreated | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | affectos | ? | ܘܨܥܪܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀπέκτειναν. | killed them. | απεκτειναν | | | iniuriauerunt | occiderunt | ? | ܘܩܛܠܘ | killed them. | ἀπέκτειναν | killed them. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||