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 | ||||||||||||
| — | δύο | Two women | δυο | | | duae | Duæ | Two women | ܘܬܪܬܝܢ | Two women | Δύο | Two women | ||||||
| — | ἀλήθουσαι | grinding | αληθουσαι | | | molentes | molentes | grinding | ܢܗܘܝܢ | grinding | ἀλήθουσαι | grinding | ||||||
| — | ἐν | at | εν | | | in | in | at | ܛܚܢܢ | at | ἐν | at | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the | τω | | | pistrino | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| — | μύλῳ· | mill; | μυλωνι | | | — | mola | mill; | ܒܪܚܝܐ | mill; | μύλωνι | mill; | ||||||
| — | μία | one | μεια | | | una | una | one | — | — | μία | one | ||||||
| — | παραλαμβάνεται | is taken | παραλαμβανεται | | | — | assumetur | is taken | ܚܕܐ | is taken | παραλαμβάνεται | is taken | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܡܬܕܒܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | μία | one | μεια | | | una | una | one | ܘܚܕܐ | one | μία | one | ||||||
| — | ἀφίεται. | is left. | αφειεται | | | relinquetur | relinquetur | is left. | ܡܫܬܒܩܐ | is left. | ἀφίεται | is left. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:8 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||