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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܢܐܙܠܘܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
απελευσονταιP45 | will go away | ἀπελεύσονται | will go away | απελευσονται | | | ibunt | ibunt | will go away | — | — | ἀπελεύσονται | will go away | |||||
ουτοιP45 | these | οὗτοι | these | ουτοι | | | hii | hi | these | ܗܠܝܢ | these | οὗτοι | these | |||||
εισP45 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܠܬܫܢܝܩܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
κολασινP45 | punishment | κόλασιν | punishment | κολασιν | | | poenam | supplicium | punishment | — | — | κόλασιν | punishment | |||||
αιωνιονP45 | eternal, | αἰώνιον, | eternal, | αιωνιον | | | — | æternum | eternal, | ܕܠܥܠܡ | eternal, | αἰώνιον | eternal, | |||||
οιP45 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | aeternam | — | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 | but | δὲ | but | δε | | | iusti | justi | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | but | |||||
δικαιοιP45 | the righteous | δίκαιοι | the righteous | δικαιοι | | | autem | autem | the righteous | ܘܙܕܝܩܐ | the righteous | δίκαιοι | the righteous | |||||
εισP45 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | in | in | into | ܠܚܝܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
ζωηνP45 | life | ζωὴν | life | ζωην | | | uitam | vitam | life | — | — | ζωὴν | life | |||||
αιωνιονP45 | eternal. | αἰώνιον.¶ | eternal. | αιωνιον | | | aeternam | æternam | eternal. | ܕܠܥܠܡ | eternal. | αἰώνιον | eternal. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 26:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||