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 | ||||||||||||
| — | πορεύεσθε | do go | — | | | ite | ite | do go | ܙܠܘ | do go | Πορεύεσθε | do go | ||||||
| — | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܗܟܝܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | into | επι | | | ad | ad | into | ܠܡܦܩܢܐ | into | ἐπὶ | into | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | τας | | | inueneritis | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | διεξόδους | thoroughfares | διεξοδους | | | exitus | exitus | thoroughfares | — | — | διεξόδους | thoroughfares | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | ὁδῶν, | highways, | οδων | | | uiarum | viarum | highways, | ܕܐܘܪܚܬܐ | highways, | ὁδῶν | highways, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | — | — | ܘܟܠ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὅσους | as many as | οσους | | | et | et | as many as | ܡܢ | as many as | ὅσους | as many as | ||||||
| — | ἐὰν | if | — | | | quodquod | quoscumque | if | ܕܡܫܟܚܝܢ | if | ἂν | if | ||||||
| — | εὕρητε, | you shall find, | ευρητε | | | in | inveneritis | you shall find, | — | — | εὕρητε | you shall find, | ||||||
| — | καλέσατε | do invite | καλεσατε | | | uocate | vocate | do invite | ܐܢܬܘܢ | do invite | καλέσατε | do invite | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | — | ad | to | ܩܪܘ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | γάμους. | wedding feast. | γαμους | | | nuptias | nuptias | wedding feast. | ܠܡܫܬܘܬܐ | wedding feast. | γάμους | wedding feast. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||