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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܠܐ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | nescierunt | non | not | ܝܕܥܘ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἔγνωσαν | they knew | εγνωσαν | | | — | cognoverunt | they knew | — | — | ἔγνωσαν | they knew | ||||||
| — | ἕως | until | εως | | | donec | donec | until | ܥܕܡܐ | until | ἕως | until | ||||||
| — | ἦλθεν | came | ηλθεν | | | uenit | venit | came | ܕܐܬܐ | came | ἦλθεν | came | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | κατακλυσμὸς | flood | κατακλυσμος | | | diluuium | diluvium | flood | ܛܘܦܢܐ | flood | κατακλυσμὸς | flood | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܫܩܠ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἦρεν | took away | ηρεν | | | tulit | tulit | took away | — | — | ἦρεν | took away | ||||||
| — | ἅπαντας, | all, | — | | | omnes | omnes | all, | ܠܟܠܗܘܢ | all, | ἅπαντας | all, | ||||||
| — | οὕτως | thus | ουτως | | | ita | ita | thus | ܗܟܢܐ | thus | οὕτως | thus | ||||||
| — | ἔσται | will be | εσται | | | erit | erit | will be | ܬܗܘܐ | will be | ἔσται | will be | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | — | | | — | et | also | ܡܐܬܝܬܗ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | παρουσία | coming | παρουσεια | | | aduentus | adventus | coming | — | — | παρουσία | coming | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | υἱοῦ | Son | ϋιου | | | fili | Filii | Son | ܕܒܪܗ | Son | υἱοῦ | Son | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώπου.¶ | of Man. | ανθρωπου | | | hominis | hominis | of Man. | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man. | ἀνθρώπου | of Man. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:8 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||