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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καί | And | — | | | autem | Et | And | ܐܢܫܐ | And | Καί | And | ||||||
| — | τινες | some | τινες | | | quidam | quidam | some | ܕܝܢ | some | τινες | some | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | φαρισαιων | | | pharisaeis | pharisæorum | Pharisees | ܡܢ | Pharisees | Φαρισαίων | Pharisees | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | απο | | | de | de | from | ܦܪܝܫܐ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | de | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλου | crowd | οχλου | | | turba | turbis | crowd | ܡܢ | crowd | ὄχλου | crowd | ||||||
| — | εἶπαν | said | ειπαν | | | dixerunt | dixerunt | said | ܒܝܢܝ | said | εἶπον | said | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܟܢܫܐ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν· | Him; | αυτον | | | — | illum | Him; | ܐܡܪܝܢ | Him; | αὐτόν | Him; | ||||||
| — | διδάσκαλε, | Teacher, | διδασκαλε | | | magister | Magister | Teacher, | ܠܗ | Teacher, | Διδάσκαλε | Teacher, | ||||||
| — | ἐπιτίμησον | do rebuke | επιτιμησον | | | increpa | increpa | do rebuke | ܪܒܝ | do rebuke | ἐπιτίμησον | do rebuke | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | ||||||
| — | μαθηταῖς | disciples | μαθηταις | | | discipulos | discipulos | disciples | ܟܐܝ | disciples | μαθηταῖς | disciples | ||||||
| — | σου. | of You. | σου | | | tuos | tuos | of You. | ܒܬܠܡܝܕܝܟ | of You. | σου | of You. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||