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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἥξει | will come | ηξει | | | ueniet | veniet | ? | ܢܐܬܐ | will come | ἥξει | will come | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | dms | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | κύριος | master | — | | | — | dominus | lord | — | — | κύριος | master | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | δούλου | servant | δουλου | | | serui | servi | ? | ܡܪܗ | servant | δούλου | servant | ||||||
| — | ἐκείνου | of that one | εκεινου | | | — | illius | ? | ܕܥܒܕܐ | of that one | ἐκείνου | of that one | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | illius | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ἡμέρᾳ | a day | ημερα | | | in | die | on the day | ܗܘ | a day | ἡμέρᾳ | a day | ||||||
| — | ᾗ | in which | η | | | die | — | — | — | — | ᾗ | in which | ||||||
| — | οὐ | not | ου | | | qua | qua | ? | — | — | οὐ | not | ||||||
| — | προσδοκᾷ | he does expect | προσδοκα | | | non | non | not | ܕܠܐ | he does expect | προσδοκᾷ | he does expect | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | sperat | sperat | ? | ܤܒܪ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | — | et | and | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ὥρᾳ | an hour | ωρα | | | et | hora | ? | ܘܒܫܥܬܐ | an hour | ὥρᾳ | an hour | ||||||
| — | ᾗ | which | η | | | hora | — | — | — | — | ᾗ | which | ||||||
| — | οὐ | not | ου | | | qua | qua | ? | — | — | οὐ | not | ||||||
| — | γινώσκει, | he is aware, | γεινωσκει | | | nescit | ignorat | ? | ܝܕܥ | he is aware, | γινώσκει | he is aware, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:8 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||