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 | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | ܘܝܗܒܬ | and | καὶ | and | |||||||
| — | ἔδωκαν | they gave | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | dederunt | they gave | ܐܢܘܢ | they gave | ἔδωκαν | they gave | |||||||
| — | αὐτὰ | them | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | eos | them | — | — | αὐτὰ | them | |||||||
| — | εἰς | for | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | for | ܠܐܓܘܪܤܗ | for | εἰς | for | |||||||
| — | τὸν | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||||
| — | ἀγρὸν | field | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | agrum | field | ܕܦܚܪܐ | field | ἀγρὸν | field | |||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||||
| — | κεραμέως, | potter, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | figuli | potter, | ܐܝܟ | potter, | κεραμέως | potter, | |||||||
| — | καθὰ | as | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sicut | as | ܕܦܩܕ | as | καθὰ | as | |||||||
| — | συνέταξέν | directed | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | constituit | directed | — | — | συνέταξέν | directed | |||||||
| — | μοι | me | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | mihi | me | ܠܝ | me | μοι | me | |||||||
| — | κύριος.¶ | the Lord | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | Dominus | the Lord | ܡܪܝܐ | the Lord | κύριος | the Lord | |||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | Resumes at 27:12 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||