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 | ||||||||||||
| — | μωροὶ | Foolish | μωροι | | | stulti | Stulti | Foolish | ܤܟܠܐ | Foolish | Μωροὶ | Foolish | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܤܡܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τυφλοί, | blind! | τυφλοι | | | caeci | cæci | blind! | ܡܢܐ | blind! | τυφλοί | blind! | ||||||
| — | τίς | Which | τις | | | quis | quid | Which | ܓܝܪ | Which | τίς | Which | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | μείζων | greater | μειζω | | | maior | majus | greater | ܕܗܒܐ | greater | μείζων | greater | ||||||
| — | ἐστίν, | is, | εστιν | | | est | est | is, | ܐܘ | is, | ἐστίν | is, | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | aurum | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | χρυσὸς | gold | χρυσος | | | au | aurum | gold | ܗܝܟܠܐ | gold | χρυσός | gold | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | ναὸς | temple | ναος | | | templum | templum | temple | ܡܩܕܫ | temple | ναὸς | temple | ||||||
| — | ὁ | which | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | which | ||||||
| — | ἁγιάσας | is sanctifying | αγιασας | | | — | quod | is sanctifying | ܠܗ | is sanctifying | ἁγιάζων | is sanctifying | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | aurum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | χρυσόν; | gold? | χρυσον | | | sanctificauit | sanctificat | gold? | ܠܕܗܒܐ | gold? | χρυσόν | gold? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||