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 | ||||||||||||
ευρωνP2 · P66 · P75 | Having found | Εὑρὼν | Having found | ευρων | | | autem | Et | Having found | ܐܫܟܚ | Having found | Εὑρὼν | Having found | |||||
δεP2 · P66 · P75 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | inueniens | invenit | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | |||||
οP2 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | ihs | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ισP2 · P66 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | asellum | asellum | Jesus | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
οναριονP2 · P66 · P75 | a young donkey | ὀνάριον | a young donkey | οναριον | | | — | et | a young donkey | ܝܫܘܥ | a young donkey | ὀνάριον | a young donkey | |||||
εκαθισεP2 · P66 · P75 | He sat | ἐκάθισεν | He sat | εκαθισεν | | | sedit | sedit | He sat | ܚܡܪܐ | He sat | ἐκάθισεν | He sat | |||||
επP2 · P66 · P75 | upon | ἐπ᾽ | upon | επ | | | super | super | upon | ܘܝܬܒ | upon | ἐπ’ | upon | |||||
αυτοP2 · P66 · P75 | it, | αὐτό, | it, | αυτο | | | eum | eum | it, | ܥܠܘܗܝ | it, | αὐτό | it, | |||||
καθωσP2 · P66 · P75 | even as | καθώς | even as | καθως | | | sicut | sicut | even as | — | — | καθώς | even as | |||||
εστινP2 · P66 · P75 | it is | ἐστιν | it is | εστι | | | scriptum | scriptum | it is | ܐܝܟܢܐ | it is | ἐστιν | it is | |||||
γεγραμμενονP2 · P66 · P75 | written: | γεγραμμένον· | written: | γεγραμμενον | | | est | est | written: | ܕܟܬܝܒ | written: | γεγραμμένον | written: | |||||
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