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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὥσπερ | As were | ωσπερ | | | sicut | Sicut | As were | ܐܝܟܢܐ | As were | Ὥσπερ | As were | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | autem | for | ܓܝܪ | for | δὲ | for | ||||||
| — | αἱ | the | αι | | | hominis | — | — | — | — | αἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἡμέραι | days | ημεραι | | | — | in | days | ܕܝܘܡܝ | days | ἡμέραι | days | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Νῶε, | of Noah, | νωε | | | dies | diebus | of Noah, | ܢܘܚ | of Noah, | Νῶε | of Noah, | ||||||
| — | οὕτως | so | ουτως | | | noe | Noë | so | — | — | οὕτως | so | ||||||
| — | ἔσται | will be | εσται | | | ita | ita | will be | ܗܟܢܐ | will be | ἔσται | will be | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | erit | erit | also | ܬܗܘܐ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | παρουσία | coming | παρουσεια | | | — | et | coming | ܡܐܬܝܬܗ | coming | παρουσία | coming | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | υἱοῦ | Son | ϋιου | | | aduentus | adventus | Son | ܕܒܪܗ | Son | υἱοῦ | Son | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώπου. | of Man. | ανθρωπου | | | fili | Filii | of Man. | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man. | ἀνθρώπου | of Man. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:8 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||