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 | ܘܢܦܠܓܝܘܗܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | διχοτομήσει | will cut in pieces | διχοτομησει | | | diuidet | dividet | will cut in pieces | ܘܢܤܝܡ | will cut in pieces | διχοτομήσει | will cut in pieces | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | him | — | — | αὐτόν | him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | partem | partemque | and | ܡܢܬܗ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | ibi | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | μέρος | place | μερος | | | eius | ejus | place | ܥܡ | place | μέρος | place | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | ponet | ponet | of him | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | μετὰ | with | — | | | cum | cum | with | ܢܤܒܝ | with | μετὰ | with | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | ὑποκριτῶν | hypocrites | — | | | — | — | — | ܒܐܦܐ | hypocrites | ὑποκριτῶν | hypocrites | ||||||
| — | θήσει· | will appoint; | θησει | | | hypocritis | hypocritis | will appoint; | ܬܡܢ | will appoint; | θήσει | will appoint; | ||||||
| — | ἐκεῖ | there | — | | | — | illic | there | — | — | ἐκεῖ | there | ||||||
| — | ἔσται | will be | — | | | erit | erit | will be | ܢܗܘܐ | will be | ἔσται | will be | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | — | | | fletus | fletus | weeping | ܒܟܝܐ | weeping | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | βρυγμὸς | gnashing | — | | | stridor | stridor | gnashing | ܘܚܘܪܩ | gnashing | βρυγμὸς | gnashing | ||||||
| — | τῶν | <the> | των | | | et | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | ||||||
| — | ὀδόντων.¶ | of teeth. | οδοντων | | | dentium | dentium | of teeth. | ܫܢܐ | of teeth. | ὀδόντων | of teeth. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:8 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||