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 | ||||||||||||
ενεδρευοντεσP45 · P75 | watching | ἐνεδρεύοντες | watching | — | | | quaerentes | insidiantes | watching | ܘܢܟܠܝܢ | watching | ἐνεδρεύοντες | watching | |||||
αυτονP45 · P75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | — | | | — | ei | Him | ܠܗ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | |||||
θηρευσαιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | occasionem | et | and | ܒܤܓܝܐܬܐ | and | ζητοῦντες | and | |||||
τιP45 · P75 | seeking | ζητοῦντες | seeking | ζητουντες | | | — | quærentes | seeking | ܟܕ | seeking | θηρεῦσαί | seeking | |||||
εκP45 · P75 | to catch | θηρεῦσαί | to catch | — | | | aliquam | aliquid | to catch | ܒܥܝܢ | to catch | τι | to catch | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | in something | τι | in something | — | | | — | capere | in something | ܠܡܐܚܕ | in something | ἐκ | in something | |||||
στοματοσP45 · P75 | out of | ἐκ | out of | — | | | inuenirent | de | out of | ܡܕܡ | out of | τοῦ | out of | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | the | τοῦ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | στόματος | the | |||||
στόματοςP45 · P75 | mouth | στόματος | mouth | — | | | accusare | ore | mouth | ܡܢ | mouth | αὐτοῦ | mouth | |||||
αὐτοῦP45 · P75 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܦܘܡܗ | of Him | ἵνα | of Him | |||||
ἵναP45 · P75 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | so that | ܕܢܫܟܚܘܢ | so that | κατηγορήσωσιν | so that | |||||
κατηγορήσωσινP45 · P75 | they may accuse | κατηγορήσωσιν | they may accuse | — | | | accipere | accusarent | they may accuse | ܢܐܟܠܘܢ | they may accuse | αὐτοῦ | they may accuse | |||||
αὐτοῦ.¶P45 · P75 | him. | αὐτοῦ.¶ | him. | αυτου | | | eum | eum | him. | ܩܪܨܘܗܝ | him. | αὐτοῦ.¶ | him. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 12:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||