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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὡς | As | — | | | sicut | sicut | As | ܐܝܟܢܐ | As | Ὥσπερ | As | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἦσαν | they were | ησαν | | | erant | erant | they were | — | — | ἦσαν | they were | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܕܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | in | in | the | — | — | ταῖς | the | ||||||
| — | ἡμέραις | days | ημεραις | | | diebus | diebus | days | ܗܘܘ | days | ἡμέραις | days | ||||||
| — | ἐκείναις | those | εκειναις | | | ante | ante | those | ܩܕܡ | those | ταῖς | those | ||||||
| — | ταῖς | <the> | — | | | arcam | arcam | <the> | — | — | πρὸ | <the> | ||||||
| — | πρὸ | before | προ | | | dilubium | diluvium | before | ܛܘܦܢܐ | before | τοῦ | before | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | illis | — | — | — | — | κατακλυσμοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | κατακλυσμοῦ, | flood, | κατακλυσμου | | | — | comedentes | flood, | — | — | τρώγοντες | flood, | ||||||
| — | τρώγοντες | eating | τρωγοντες | | | et | et | eating | ܐܟܠܝܢ | eating | καὶ | eating | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | bibentes | bibentes | and | ܘܫܬܝܢ | and | πίνοντες | and | ||||||
| — | πίνοντες, | drinking, | πεινοντες | | | nubentes | nubentes | drinking, | ܘܢܤܒܝܢ | drinking, | γαμοῦντες | drinking, | ||||||
| — | γαμοῦντες | marrying | — | | | et | et | marrying | ܢܫܐ | marrying | καὶ | marrying | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | nuptiis | nuptum | and | — | — | ἐκγαμίζοντες | and | ||||||
| — | γαμίζοντες, | giving in marriage, | γαμειζοντες | | | tradentes | tradentes | giving in marriage, | ܘܝܗܒܝܢ | giving in marriage, | ἄχρι | giving in marriage, | ||||||
| — | ἄχρι | until | αχρει | | | usque | usque | until | ܠܓܒܪܐ | until | ἧς | until | ||||||
| — | ἧς | that | — | | | manducantes | ad | that | ܥܕܡܐ | that | ἡμέρας | that | ||||||
| — | ἡμέρας | day | ημερας | | | eum | eum | day | ܠܝܘܡܐ | day | εἰσῆλθεν | day | ||||||
| — | εἰσῆλθεν | entered | εισηλθεν | | | diem | diem | entered | — | — | Νῶε | entered | ||||||
| — | Νῶε | Noah | νωε | | | quo | quo | Noah | ܕܥܠ | Noah | εἰς | Noah | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | introiit | intravit | into | ܢܘܚ | into | τὴν | into | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | in | — | — | — | — | κιβωτόν | the | ||||||
| — | κιβωτόν, | ark, | κειβωτον | | | noe | Noë | ark, | ܠܟܘܝܠܐ | ark, | κιβωτόν, | ark, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:8 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||