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 | ܘܨܒܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐζήτει | he was seeking | εζητει | | | quaerebat | quærebat | he was seeking | ܗܘܐ | he was seeking | ἐζήτει | he was seeking | ||||||
| — | ἰδεῖν | to see | ϊδειν | | | uidere | videre | to see | ܕܢܚܙܐ | to see | ἰδεῖν | to see | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιην | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus | ܠܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ||||||
| — | τίς | who | τις | | | quis | quis | who | ܕܡܢܘ | who | τίς | who | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | He is | εστιν | | | set | esset | He is | ܘܠܐ | He is | ἐστιν | He is | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܡܫܟܚ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܗܘܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἠδύνατο | he was able | ηδυνατο | | | potebat | poterat | he was able | ܡܢ | he was able | ἠδύνατο | he was able | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | because of | απο | | | a | præ | because of | ܟܢܫܐ | because of | ἀπὸ | because of | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλου, | crowd, | οχλου | | | turba | turba | crowd, | ܡܛܠ | crowd, | ὄχλου | crowd, | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | quia | quia | because | ܕܒܩܘܡܬܗ | because | ὅτι | because | ||||||
| — | τῇ | <the> | τη | | | de | — | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἡλικίᾳ | in stature | ηλικια | | | statu | statura | in stature | ܙܥܘܪ | in stature | ἡλικίᾳ | in stature | ||||||
| — | μικρὸς | small | μεικρος | | | pusillus | pusillus | small | ܗܘܐ | small | μικρὸς | small | ||||||
| — | ἦν. | he was. | ην | | | erat | erat | he was. | ܙܟܝ | he was. | ἦν | he was. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||