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 | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | εγενετο | | | factum | factum | it came to pass | ܡܛܝ | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | ||||||
| — | ὡς | as | ως | | | est | est | as | ܠܒܝܬ | as | ὡς | as | ||||||
| — | ἤγγισεν | He drew near | ηγγισεν | | | cum | cum | He drew near | ܦܓܐ | He drew near | ἤγγισεν | He drew near | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | appropinquasset | to | ܘܒܝܬ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | Βηθφαγὴ | Bethphage | βηθφαγη | | | adpropiasset | ad | Bethphage | ܥܢܝܐ | Bethphage | Βηθσφαγὴ | Bethphage | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | betphage | Bethphage | and | ܥܠ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Βηθανίαν | Bethany | βηθανια | | | et | et | Bethany | ܓܢܒ | Bethany | Βηθανίαν | Bethany | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | toward | προς | | | bethania | Bethaniam | toward | ܛܘܪܐ | toward | πρὸς | toward | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | discipulis | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄρος | mount | ορος | | | ad | ad | mount | ܕܡܬܩܪܐ | mount | ὄρος | mount | ||||||
| — | τὸ | which | — | | | de | — | — | — | — | τὸ | which | ||||||
| — | καλούμενον | is being called | — | | | montem | montem | is being called | ܕܒܝܬ | is being called | καλούμενον | is being called | ||||||
| — | Ἐλαιῶν | Olivet | — | | | qui | qui | Olivet | ܙܝܬܐ | Olivet | Ἐλαιῶν | Olivet | ||||||
| — | ἀπέστειλεν | He sent | — | | | uocatur | vocatur | He sent | ܫܕܪ | He sent | ἀπέστειλεν | He sent | ||||||
| — | δύο | two | — | | | oliueti | Oliveti | two | ܬܪܝܢ | two | δύο | two | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | suis | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | μαθητῶν | disciples | μαθητων | | | misit | misit | disciples | ܡܢ | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | duos | duos | of him | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||