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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἐγένετο | It came to pass | εγενετο | | | factum | Factum | It came to pass | ܘܟܕ | It came to pass | Ἐγένετο | It came to pass | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | est | est | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | autem | autem | in | ܠܐܝܪܝܚܘ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the | τω | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| — | ἐγγίζειν | drawing near | — | | | cum | cum | drawing near | — | — | ἐγγίζειν | drawing near | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | by Him | αυτον | | | eo | appropinquaret | by Him | ܤܡܝܐ | by Him | αὐτὸν | by Him | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | iericho | Jericho | to | ܚܕ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | Ἰεριχὼ | Jericho | ϊερειχω | | | — | — | — | ܝܬܒ | Jericho | Ἰεριχώ | Jericho | ||||||
| — | τυφλός | a blind man | τυφλος | | | adpropiaret | cæcus | a blind man | ܗܘܐ | a blind man | τυφλός | a blind man | ||||||
| — | τις | certain | τις | | | quidem | quidam | certain | ܥܠ | certain | τις | certain | ||||||
| — | ἐκάθητο | was sitting | — | | | sedebat | sedebat | was sitting | — | — | ἐκάθητο | was sitting | ||||||
| — | παρὰ | beside | — | | | secus | secus | beside | ܝܕ | beside | παρὰ | beside | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | — | | | caecus | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | ὁδὸν | road | — | | | uiam | viam | road | ܐܘܪܚܐ | road | ὁδὸν | road | ||||||
| — | ἐπαιτῶν. | begging. | επαιτων | | | mendicus | mendicans | begging. | ܘܚܕܪ | begging. | προσαιτῶν | begging. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||