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 | ||||||||||||
| — | πορευθεὶς | Having gone | πορευθεις | | | pergens | Abiit | Having gone | ܐܙܠ | Having gone | Πορευθεὶς | Having gone | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | quinque | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | πέντε | five | πεντε | | | talenta | talenta | five | ܗܘ | five | πέντε | five | ||||||
| — | τάλαντα | talents | ταλαντα | | | accepit | acceperat | talents | — | — | τάλαντα | talents | ||||||
| — | λαβὼν | having received | λαβων | | | et | et | having received | ܕܢܤܒ | having received | λαβὼν | having received | ||||||
| — | ἠργάσατο | he traded | ηργασατο | | | operatus | operatus | he traded | ܚܡܫ | he traded | εἰργάσατο | he traded | ||||||
| — | ἐν | with | εν | | | est | est | with | ܟܟܪܝܢ | with | ἐν | with | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | them | αυτοις | | | in | in | them | ܐܬܬܓܪ | them | αὐτοῖς | them | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | eis | eis | and | ܒܗܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐκέρδησεν | he gained | εκερδησεν | | | quinque | et | he gained | — | — | ἐποίησεν | he gained | ||||||
| — | ἄλλα | more | αλλα | | | lucratus | lucratus | more | ܐܠܐ | but | ἄλλα | more | ||||||
| — | πέντε | five | — | | | est | est | five | ܚܡܫ | five | πέντε | five | ||||||
| — | τάλαντα· | talents; | ταλαντα | | | alia | alia | talents; | ܐܚܪܢܝܢ | talents; | τάλαντα | talents; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:20 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||