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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὁ | <The> | ο | | | sui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <The> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | qui | Qui | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | τὸ | <the> | το | | | argentum | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἓν | one | εν | | | autem | autem | one | ܕܝܢ | one | ἓν | one | ||||||
| — | λαβὼν | having received | λαβων | | | unum | unum | having received | ܕܢܤܒ | having received | λαβὼν | having received | ||||||
| — | ἀπελθὼν | having gone away | — | | | acceperat | acceperat | having gone away | — | — | ἀπελθὼν | having gone away | ||||||
| — | ὤρυξεν | he dug in | ωρυξεν | | | — | abiens | he dug in | ܚܕܐ | he dug in | ὤρυξεν | he dug in | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | fodit | fodit | in | ܐܙܠ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | γῆν | ground | — | | | in | in | ground | ܚܦܪ | ground | γῇ | ground | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | terra | terram | and | ܒܐܪܥܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἔκρυψεν | he hid | εκρυψεν | | | et | et | he hid | — | — | ἀπέκρυψεν | he hid | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀργύριον | money | αργυριον | | | abscondit | abscondit | money | ܘܛܫܝ | money | ἀργύριον | money | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | κυρίου | master | κυ | | | — | pecuniam | master | ܟܤܦܐ | master | κυρίου | master | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ. | of him. | αυτου | | | dmi | domini | of him. | ܕܡܪܗ | of him. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:20 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||