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 | ܘܕܚܠܬ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | φοβηθεὶς | having been afraid | φοβηθεις | | | timens | timens | having been afraid | ܘܐܙܠܬ | having been afraid | φοβηθείς | having been afraid | ||||||
| — | ἀπελθὼν | having gone away | — | | | abii | abii | having gone away | — | — | ἀπελθὼν | having gone away | ||||||
| — | ἔκρυψα | I hid | εκρυψα | | | et | et | I hid | ܛܫܝܬܗ | I hid | ἔκρυψα | I hid | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | abscondi | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | τάλαντόν | talent | ταλαντον | | | talantum | talentum | talent | ܟܟܪܟ | talent | τάλαντόν | talent | ||||||
| — | σου | of you | σου | | | tuum | tuum | of you | ܒܐܪܥܐ | of you | σου | of you | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܗܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | terra | terra | the | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | γῇ· | ground; | γη | | | ecce | ecce | ground; | — | — | γῇ | ground; | ||||||
| — | ἴδε | Behold | — | | | habes | habes | Behold | ܐܝܬ | Behold | ἴδε | Behold | ||||||
| — | ἔχεις | you have | εχεις | | | quod | quod | you have | ܠܟ | you have | ἔχεις | you have | ||||||
| — | τὸ | what is | το | | | tuum | — | — | — | — | τὸ | what is | ||||||
| — | σόν. | yours. | σον | | | &om; | est | yours. | ܕܝܠܟ | yours. | σόν | yours. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:41 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||