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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἐγερθήσεται | Will rise up | εγερθησεται | | | exsurget | consurget | Will rise up | ܢܩܘܡ | Will rise up | Ἐγερθήσεται | Will rise up | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἔθνος | nation | εθνος | | | gens | gens | nation | — | — | ἔθνος | nation | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | against | επι | | | — | in | against | ܥܡܐ | against | ἐπὶ | against | ||||||
| — | ἔθνος | nation | εθνος | | | gentem | gentem | nation | ܥܠ | nation | ἔθνος | nation | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܥܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | βασιλεία | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | regnum | regnum | kingdom | — | — | βασιλεία | kingdom | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | against | επι | | | super | in | against | ܘܡܠܟܘܬܐ | against | ἐπὶ | against | ||||||
| — | βασιλείαν, | kingdom, | βασιλειαν | | | regnum | regnum | kingdom, | ܥܠ | kingdom, | βασιλείαν | kingdom, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܡܠܟܘܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἔσονται | there will be | εσονται | | | erunt | erunt | there will be | ܘܢܗܘܘܢ | there will be | ἔσονται | there will be | ||||||
| — | λιμοὶ | famines | λειμοι | | | — | pestilentiæ | famines | — | — | λιμοὶ | famines | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܟܦܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | λοιμοὶ | pestilences | — | | | fames | fames | pestilences | ܘܡܘܬܢܐ | pestilences | λοιμοὶ | pestilences | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | supra | et | and | ܘܙܘܥܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | σεισμοὶ | earthquakes | σεισμοι | | | terraemotus | terræmotus | earthquakes | — | — | σεισμοὶ | earthquakes | ||||||
| — | κατὰ | in | κατα | | | per | per | in | ܒܕܘܟܐ | in | κατὰ | in | ||||||
| — | τόπους. | various places. | τοπους | | | loca | loca | various places. | ܕܘܟܐ | various places. | τόπους | various places. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 24:12 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||