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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὅπου | wherever | οπου | | | ubicumque | Ubicumque | wherever | ܐܝܟܐ | wherever | Ὅπου | wherever | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | — | | | fuerit | fuerit | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἐὰν | if | — | | | dauer | corpus | if | ܢܗܘܐ | if | ἐὰν | if | ||||||
| — | ᾖ | shall be | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ᾖ | shall be | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | πτῶμα, | carcass, | πτωμα | | | — | illic | carcass, | ܦܓܪܐ | carcass, | πτῶμα | carcass, | ||||||
| — | ἐκεῖ | there | εκει | | | congregabuntur | congregabuntur | there | ܬܡܢ | there | ἐκεῖ | there | ||||||
| — | συναχθήσονται | will be gathered | συναχθησονται | | | — | et | will be gathered | ܢܬܟܢܫܘܢ | will be gathered | συναχθήσονται | will be gathered | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | ibi | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀετοί. | vultures. | αετοι | | | aquilae | aquilæ | vultures. | ܢܫܪܐ | vultures. | ἀετοί | vultures. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:8 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||