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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Πλὴν | Furthermore | πλην | | | uerumtamen | Verumtamen | Furthermore | ܒܪܡ | Furthermore | Πλὴν | Furthermore | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | eos | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | ἐχθρούς | enemies | εχθρους | | | inimicos | inimicos | enemies | ܠܗܢܘܢ | enemies | ἐχθρούς | enemies | ||||||
| — | μου | of mine | μου | | | meos | meos | of mine | — | — | μου | of mine | ||||||
| — | τούτους | these | — | | | illos | illos | these | ܒܥܠܕܒܒܝ | these | ἐκείνους | these | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | those | τους | | | occidite | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | those | ||||||
| — | μὴ | not | μη | | | qui | qui | not | ܐܝܠܝܢ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| — | θελήσαντάς | having been willing for | — | | | noluerunt | noluerunt | having been willing for | ܕܠܐ | having been willing for | θελήσαντάς | having been willing for | ||||||
| — | με | me | με | | | me | me | me | — | — | με | me | ||||||
| — | βασιλεῦσαι | to reign | — | | | regnare | regnare | to reign | ܨܒܘ | to reign | βασιλεῦσαι | to reign | ||||||
| — | ἐπ᾽ | over | επ | | | — | — | — | ܕܐܡܠܟ | over | ἐπ’ | over | ||||||
| — | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | super | super | them | ܥܠܝܗܘܢ | them | αὐτούς | them | ||||||
| — | ἀγάγετε | do bring | — | | | serbum | se | do bring | — | — | ἀγάγετε | do bring | ||||||
| — | ὧδε | here | ωδε | | | adducite | adducite | here | ܐܝܬܘ | here | ὧδε | here | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | huc | and | ܐܢܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | κατασφάξατε | do slay | κατασφαξατε | | | et | et | do slay | ܘܩܛܠܘ | do slay | κατασφάξατε | do slay | ||||||
| — | αὐτοὺς | them | — | | | in | interficite | them | — | — | ἔμπροσθέν | them | ||||||
| — | ἔμπροσθέν | before | — | | | — | ante | before | ܐܢܘܢ | before | μου | before | ||||||
| — | μου.¶ | me. | μου | | | meo | me | me. | ܩܕܡܝ | me. | μου.¶ | me. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||