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 | ܘܐܝܬܝܘܗܝ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἤγαγον | they led | — | | | tunicas | duxerunt | they led | ܠܘܬ | they led | ἤγαγον | they led | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | it | — | | | — | illum | it | — | — | αὐτὸν | it | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | — | | | adducentes | ad | to | ܝܫܘܥ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦν, | Jesus, | — | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus, | ܘܐܪܡܝܘ | Jesus, | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | Et | and | ܥܠ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπιρίψαντες | having cast | — | | | super | jactantes | having cast | — | — | ἐπιρρίψαντες | having cast | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | their | — | | | — | vestimenta | their | ܥܝܠܐ | their | ἑαυτῶν | their | ||||||
| — | τὰ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἱμάτια | garments | — | | | suas | sua | garments | ܡܐܢܝܗܘܢ | garments | ἱμάτια | garments | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | on | — | | | supermiserunt | supra | on | ܘܐܪܟܒܘܗܝ | on | ἐπὶ | on | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | — | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | πῶλον | colt | πωλον | | | pullum | pullum | colt | — | — | πῶλον | colt | ||||||
| — | ἐπεβίβασαν | they put on it | επεβιβασαν | | | — | imposuerunt | they put on it | ܠܝܫܘܥ | they put on it | ἐπεβίβασαν | they put on it | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦν. | Jesus. | ιην | | | inposuerunt | Jesum | Jesus. | ܥܠܘܗܝ | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||