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 | ܓܒܪܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | ||||||
| — | ἀνὴρ | a man | ανηρ | | | uir | vir | a man | ܚܕ | a man | ἀνὴρ | a man | ||||||
| — | ὀνόματι | by name | ονοματι | | | nomine | nomine | by name | — | — | ὀνόματι | by name | ||||||
| — | καλούμενος | being called | — | | | zacchaeus | Zachæus | being called | ܕܫܡܗ | being called | καλούμενος | being called | ||||||
| — | Ζακχαῖος | Zacchaeus | ζακχαιος | | | locuplens | et | Zacchaeus | — | — | Ζακχαῖος | Zacchaeus | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | — | — | ܙܟܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸς | he himself | — | | | hic | hic | he himself | ܥܬܝܪܐ | he himself | αὐτὸς | he himself | ||||||
| — | ἦν | was | ην | | | princeps | princeps | was | — | — | ἦν | was | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιτελώνης | a chief tax collector | αρχιτελωνης | | | erat | erat | a chief tax collector | ܗܘܐ | a chief tax collector | ἀρχιτελώνης | a chief tax collector | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | publicanorum | publicanorum | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸς | he himself | — | | | — | et | he himself | ܘܪܒ | he himself | οὗτος | he himself | ||||||
| — | ἦν | was | — | | | — | ipse | was | — | — | ἦν | was | ||||||
| — | πλούσιος· | rich; | πλουσιος | | | — | dives | rich; | ܡܟܤܐ | rich; | πλούσιος | rich; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||