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 | ܘܠܥܒܕܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | mittite | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἀχρεῖον | worthless | αχρειον | | | inutilem | inutilem | worthless | ܒܛܝܠܐ | worthless | ἀχρεῖον | worthless | ||||||
| — | δοῦλον | servant | δουλον | | | seruum | servum | servant | — | — | δοῦλον | servant | ||||||
| — | ἐκβάλετε | do cast out | — | | | — | ejicite | do cast out | ܐܦܩܘܗܝ | do cast out | ἐκβάλετε | do cast out | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܠܚܫܘܟܐ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | σκότος | darkness | σκοτος | | | tenebras | tenebras | darkness | ܒܪܝܐ | darkness | σκότος | darkness | ||||||
| — | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἐξώτερον· | outer; | εξωτερον | | | exteriores | exteriores | outer; | — | — | ἐξώτερον | outer; | ||||||
| — | ἐκεῖ | there | εκει | | | foras | illic | there | ܬܡܢ | there | Ἐκεῖ | there | ||||||
| — | ἔσται | will be | εσται | | | erit | erit | will be | ܢܗܘܐ | will be | ἔσται | will be | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | κλαυθμος | | | fletus | fletus | weeping | ܒܟܝܐ | weeping | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | βρυγμὸς | gnashing | βρυγμος | | | stridor | stridor | gnashing | ܘܚܘܪܩ | gnashing | βρυγμὸς | gnashing | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | ibi | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | ὀδόντων.¶ | teeth. | οδοντων | | | dentium | dentium | teeth. | ܫܢܐ | teeth. | ὀδόντων | teeth. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:41 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||