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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἄρατε | do take | — | | | tollite | Tollite | ? | ܤܒܘ | do take | Ἄρατε | do take | ||||||
| — | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | itaque | and so | ܗܟܝܠ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | ab | ab | from/by | ܡܢܗ | from | ἀπ’ | from | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | him | αυτου | | | eo | eo | ? | ܟܟܪܐ | him | αὐτοῦ | him | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | τάλαντον | talent | ταλαντον | | | talantum | et | and | ܘܗܒܘܗ | talent | τάλαντον | talent | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | date | ? | ܠܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | δότε | do give it | δοτε | | | date | ei | to him | ܕܐܝܬ | do give it | δότε | do give it | ||||||
| — | τῷ | to the one | τω | | | talenta | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the one | ||||||
| — | ἔχοντι | having | εχοντι | | | — | qui | who/which | ܠܗ | having | ἔχοντι | having | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | δέκα | ten | — | | | quinque | decem | ? | ܥܤܪ | ten | δέκα | ten | ||||||
| — | τάλαντα. | talents. | ταλαντα | | | habenti | talenta | ? | ܟܟܪܝܢ | talents. | τάλαντα | talents. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:41 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||