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 | ||||||||||||
| — | λέγοντες· | saying: | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | dicentes | saying: | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | saying: | λέγοντες | saying: | ||||||
| — | εὐλογημένος | Blessed is | ευλογημενος | | | benedictus | Benedictus | Blessed is | ܗܘܘ | Blessed is | Εὐλογημένος | Blessed is | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | dmi | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | ἐρχόμενος | coming | ερχομενος | | | qui | qui | coming | ܒܪܝܟ | coming | ἐρχόμενος | coming | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | benedictus | — | — | — | — | βασιλεὺς | <the> | ||||||
| — | βασιλεὺς | King | — | | | uenit | venit | King | — | — | ἐν | King | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | rex | rex | in | ܗܘ | in | ὀνόματι | in | ||||||
| — | ὀνόματι | the name | ονοματι | | | in | in | the name | ܡܠܟܐ | the name | κυρίου | the name | ||||||
| — | κυρίου· | of the Lord; | κυ | | | nomine | nomine | of the Lord; | ܕܐܬܐ | of the Lord; | εἰρήνη | of the Lord; | ||||||
| — | ἐν | In | — | | | caelo | Domini | In | ܒܫܡܗ | In | ἐν | In | ||||||
| — | οὐρανῷ | heaven | — | | | pax | pax | heaven | ܕܡܪܝܐ | heaven | οὐρανῷ | heaven | ||||||
| — | εἰρήνη, | peace, | ειρηνη | | | in | in | peace, | ܫܠܡܐ | peace, | καὶ | peace, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | altissimis | cælo | and | — | — | δόξα | and | ||||||
| — | δόξα | glory | — | | | et | et | glory | ܒܫܡܝܐ | glory | ἐν | glory | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | gloria | gloria | in | ܘܫܘܒܚܐ | in | ὑψίστοις | in | ||||||
| — | ὑψίστοις. | the highest. | ϋψιστοις | | | in | in | the highest. | ܒܡܪܘܡܐ | the highest. | ὑψίστοις. | the highest. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||