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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐπείνασα | I hungered | επεινασα | | | esuriui | esurivi | I hungered | ܟܦܢܬ | I hungered | Ἐπείνασα | I hungered | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܓܝܪ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐδώκατέ | you gave | εδωκατε | | | dedistis | dedistis | you gave | ܘܝܗܒܬܘܢ | you gave | ἐδώκατέ | you gave | ||||||
| — | μοι | Me | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | Me | — | — | μοι | Me | ||||||
| — | φαγεῖν, | to eat, | φαγειν | | | manducare | manducare | to eat, | ܠܝ | to eat, | φαγεῖν | to eat, | ||||||
| — | ἐδίψησα | I thirsted | εδιψησα | | | sitiui | sitivi | I thirsted | ܠܡܐܟܠ | I thirsted | ἐδίψησα | I thirsted | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐποτίσατέ | you gave to drink | — | | | potastis | dedistis | you gave to drink | ܘܨܗܝܬ | you gave to drink | ἐποτίσατέ | you gave to drink | ||||||
| — | με, | me, | με | | | me | mihi | me, | ܘܐܫܩܝܬܘܢܢܝ | me, | με | me, | ||||||
| — | ξένος | a stranger | ξενος | | | peregrinus | bibere | a stranger | — | — | ξένος | a stranger | ||||||
| — | ἤμην | I was | ημην | | | me | hospes | I was | ܐܟܤܢܝܐ | I was | ἤμην | I was | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | eram | eram | and | ܗܘܝܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | συνηγάγετέ | you took in | — | | | et | et | you took in | — | — | συνηγάγετέ | you took in | ||||||
| — | με, | Me, | με | | | collexistis | collegistis | Me, | ܘܟܢܫܬܘܢܢܝ | Me, | με | Me, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 25:41 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||