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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἔσται | There will be | εσται | | | erit | erit | There will be | ܢܗܘܐ | There will be | Ἔσται | There will be | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | τότε | then | τοτε | | | tunc | tunc | then | ܗܝܕܝܢ | then | τότε | then | ||||||
| — | θλῖψις | tribulation | θλειψις | | | tribulatio | tribulatio | tribulation | ܐܘܠܨܢܐ | tribulation | θλίψις | tribulation | ||||||
| — | μεγάλη | great | μεγαλη | | | saeculi | — | — | — | — | μεγάλη | great | ||||||
| — | οἵα | such as | οια | | | magna | magna | such as | ܪܒܐ | such as | οἵα | such as | ||||||
| — | οὐ | not | — | | | qualis | qualis | not | ܐܝܢܐ | not | οὐ | not | ||||||
| — | γέγονεν | has been | — | | | non | non | has been | ܕܠܐ | has been | γέγονεν | has been | ||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from the | απ | | | fuit | fuit | from the | ܗܘܐ | from the | ἀπ’ | from the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχῆς | beginning | αρχης | | | ab | ab | beginning | ܡܢ | beginning | ἀρχῆς | beginning | ||||||
| — | κόσμου | of the world | κοσμου | | | initio | initio | of the world | ܪܫܝܬܗ | of the world | κόσμου | of the world | ||||||
| — | ἕως | until | εως | | | — | mundi | until | ܕܥܠܡܐ | until | ἕως | until | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | νῦν | now | νυν | | | nunc | — | — | — | — | νῦν | now | ||||||
| — | οὐδ᾽ | no | — | | | usque | usque | no | ܘܥܕܡܐ | no | οὐδ’ | no | ||||||
| — | οὐ | certainly | — | | | — | modo | certainly | ܠܗܫܐ | certainly | οὐ | certainly | ||||||
| — | μὴ | not | μη | | | nec | neque | not | ܘܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| — | γένηται. | it may happen. | — | | | fiet | fiet | it may happen. | ܢܗܘܐ | it may happen. | γένηται | it may happen. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:8 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||