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 | — | | | et | Et | and | ܘܠܗܢܘܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | to those | — | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to those | ||||||
| — | παρεστῶσιν | having stood by | — | | | astabant | astantibus | ? | ܕܩܝܡܝܢ | having stood by | παρεστῶσιν | having stood by | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | he said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܩܕܡܘܗܝ | he said; | εἶπεν | he said; | ||||||
| — | ἄρατε | do take | αρατε | | | his | Auferte | ? | ܐܡܪ | do take | Ἄρατε | do take | ||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | ab | ab | from/by | ܤܒܘ | from | ἀπ’ | from | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | him | αυτου | | | — | illo | ? | ܡܢܗ | him | αὐτοῦ | him | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | — | | | habet | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | μνᾶν | mina | — | | | tollite | et | and | ܡܢܝܐ | mina | μνᾶν | mina | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | eo | date | ? | ܘܗܒܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | δότε | do give it | — | | | ferte | illi | to him/those | ܠܗܘ | do give it | δότε | do give it | ||||||
| — | τῷ | to the one | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the one | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | τας | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | δέκα | ten | δεκα | | | nas | decem | ? | ܕܐܝܬ | ten | δέκα | ten | ||||||
| — | μνᾶς | minas | μνας | | | qui | mnas | ? | ܠܘܬܗ | minas | μνᾶς | minas | ||||||
| — | ἔχοντι. | having. | εχοντι | | | decem | habet | ? | ܥܤܪܐ | having. | ἔχοντι | having. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||