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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Τότε | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | Tunc | Then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| — | λέγει | he says | λεγει | | | dicit | ait | he says | ܐܡܪ | he says | λέγει | he says | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | to the | τοις | | | fuerunt | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | ||||||
| — | δούλοις | servants | δουλοις | | | seruis | servis | servants | ܠܥܒܕܘܗܝ | servants | δούλοις | servants | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ· | of him; | αυτου | | | suis | suis | of him; | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him; | ||||||
| — | ὁ | The | ο | | | digni | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The | ||||||
| — | μὲν | indeed | μεν | | | nuptiae | Nuptiæ | indeed | ܡܫܬܘܬܐ | indeed | μὲν | indeed | ||||||
| — | γάμος | wedding feast | γαμος | | | quidem | quidem | wedding feast | ܡܛܝܒܐ | wedding feast | γάμος | wedding feast | ||||||
| — | ἕτοιμός | ready | ετοιμος | | | paratae | paratæ | ready | ܘܗܢܘܢ | ready | ἕτοιμός | ready | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν, | is, | εστιν | | | sunt | sunt | is, | ܕܡܙܡܢܝܢ | is, | ἐστιν | is, | ||||||
| — | οἱ | those | οι | | | autem | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | — | sed | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | κεκλημένοι | invited | κεκλημενοι | | | qui | qui | invited | — | — | κεκλημένοι | invited | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | uocati | invitati | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἦσαν | were | ησαν | | | sunt | erant | were | ܫܘܝܢ | were | ἦσαν | were | ||||||
| — | ἄξιοι. | worthy. | αξιοι | | | non | non | worthy. | ܗܘܘ | worthy. | ἄξιοι | worthy. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||