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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Σταθεὶς | Having stopped | σταθεις | | | stans | Stans | Having stopped | ܘܩܡ | Having stopped | Σταθεὶς | Having stopped | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | eum | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | ἐκέλευσεν | commanded | εκελευσεν | | | iussit | jussit | commanded | ܘܦܩܕ | commanded | ἐκέλευσεν | commanded | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | — | illum | him | — | — | αὐτὸν | him | ||||||
| — | ἀχθῆναι | to be brought | αχθηναι | | | adduci | adduci | to be brought | ܕܢܝܬܘܢܝܗܝ | to be brought | ἀχθῆναι | to be brought | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | — | | | adpropiasset | ad | to | ܠܘܬܗ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν. | Him. | — | | | — | se | Him. | — | — | αὐτόν | Him. | ||||||
| — | ἐγγίσαντος | When was approaching | εγγισαντος | | | autem | Et | When was approaching | ܘܟܕ | When was approaching | ἐγγίσαντος | When was approaching | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | cum | cum | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | he | αυτου | | | — | appropinquasset | he | — | — | αὐτοῦ | he | ||||||
| — | ἐπηρώτησεν | He asked | επηρωτησεν | | | interrogauit | interrogavit | He asked | ܠܘܬܗ | He asked | ἐπηρώτησεν | He asked | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν· | him; | αυτον | | | eum | illum | him; | ܫܐܠܗ | him; | αὐτόν | him; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||