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 | ||||||||||||
καιP66 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | And | ܘܐܫܟܚ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
ευρενP66 · P75 | He found | εὗρεν | He found | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | invenit | He found | — | — | εὗρεν | He found | ||||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ἐν | in | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | in | in | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
τωP66 · P75 | the | τῷ | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
ιερωP66 · P75 | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | templo | temple | ܠܗܠܝܢ | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | ||||||
τουσP66 · P75 | those | τοὺς | those | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | those | ||||||
πωλουντασP66 · P75 | selling | πωλοῦντας | selling | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | vendentes | selling | — | — | πωλοῦντας | selling | ||||||
βοασP66 · P75 | oxen | βόας | oxen | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | boves | oxen | ܕܡܙܒܢܝܢ | oxen | βόας | oxen | ||||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | ܬܘܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
προβαταP66 · P75 | sheep | πρόβατα | sheep | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | oves | sheep | — | — | πρόβατα | sheep | ||||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | ܘܥܪܒܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
περιστερασP66 · P75 | doves | περιστερὰς | doves | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | columbas | doves | ܘܝܘܢܐ | doves | περιστεράς | doves | ||||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
τουσP66 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
κερματιστασP66 · P75 | money changers | κερματιστὰς | money changers | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | numularios | money changers | ܘܠܡܥܪܦܢܐ | money changers | κερματιστὰς | money changers | ||||||
καθημενουσP66 · P75 | sitting, | καθημένους, | sitting, | MS lacuna | MS lacuna | sedentes | sitting, | ܕܝܬܒܝܢ | sitting, | καθημένους | sitting, | ||||||
| Next Verse Available | Resumes at 3:26 | ||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||