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 | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܢܦܠ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἔπεσεν | he fell | επεσεν | | | cecidit | cecidit | he fell | ܥܠ | he fell | ἔπεσεν | he fell | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | in | in | on | ܐܦܘܗܝ | on | ἐπὶ | on | ||||||
| — | πρόσωπον | his face | προσωπον | | | faciem | faciem | his face | ܩܕܡ | his face | πρόσωπον | his face | ||||||
| — | παρὰ | at | — | | | ad | ante | at | ܪܓܠܘܗܝ | at | παρὰ | at | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | πόδας | feet | ποδας | | | pedes | pedes | feet | ܕܝܫܘܥ | feet | πόδας | feet | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܟܕ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| — | εὐχαριστῶν | giving thanks | — | | | — | gratias | giving thanks | ܡܘܕܐ | giving thanks | εὐχαριστῶν | giving thanks | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | — | | | — | agens | to Him; | ܠܗ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܘܗܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸς | he himself | — | | | autem | hic | he himself | ܗܢܐ | he himself | αὐτὸς | he himself | ||||||
| — | ἦν | was | ην | | | erat | erat | was | ܫܡܪܝܐ | was | ἦν | was | ||||||
| — | Σαμαρίτης.¶ | a Samaritan. | σαμαριτης | | | samaritanus | Samaritanus | a Samaritan. | ܗܘܐ | a Samaritan. | Σαμαρείτης | a Samaritan. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 17:19 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||