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 | ܘܢܬܟܢܫܘܢ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | συναχθήσονται | they will be gathered | συναχθησονται | | | congregabuntur | congregabuntur | they will be gathered | ܩܕܡܘܗܝ | they will be gathered | συναχθήσεται | they will be gathered | ||||||
| — | ἔμπροσθεν | before | — | | | ante | ante | before | ܟܠܗܘܢ | before | ἔμπροσθεν | before | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | Him | αυτου | | | eum | eum | Him | ܥܡܡܐ | Him | αὐτοῦ | Him | ||||||
| — | πάντα | all | παντα | | | omnes | omnes | all | — | — | πάντα | all | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | segregat | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | ἔθνη, | nations, | εθνη | | | gentes | gentes | nations, | ܘܢܦܪܫ | nations, | ἔθνη | nations, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܢܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀφορίσει | He will separate | — | | | — | separabit | He will separate | ܚܕ | He will separate | ἀφοριεῖ | He will separate | ||||||
| — | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them | ܡܢ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | ||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from | — | | | ab | ab | from | ܚܕ | from | ἀπ’ | from | ||||||
| — | ἀλλήλων | one another | — | | | inuicem | invicem | one another | ܐܝܟ | one another | ἀλλήλων | one another | ||||||
| — | ὥσπερ | as | — | | | sicut | sicut | as | ܪܥܝܐ | as | ὥσπερ | as | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | ποιμὴν | shepherd | — | | | pastor | pastor | shepherd | — | — | ποιμὴν | shepherd | ||||||
| — | ἀφορίζει | separates | — | | | segregat | segregat | separates | ܕܡܦܪܫ | separates | ἀφορίζει | separates | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | πρόβατα | sheep | — | | | oues | oves | sheep | ܥܪܒܐ | sheep | πρόβατα | sheep | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | ab | ab | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | ἐρίφων, | goats, | εριφων | | | haedis | hædis | goats, | ܓܕܝܐ | goats, | ἐρίφων | goats, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:41 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||