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 | ||||||||||||
| — | λέγων | saying | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying | ܘܐܡܪ | saying | λέγων | saying | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | eis | illis | to them; | ܠܗܘܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | ||||||
| — | γέγραπται, | It has been written: | γεγραπται | | | scriptum | Scriptum | It has been written: | — | — | Γέγραπται | It has been written: | ||||||
| — | καὶ | And | — | | | est | est | And | ܟܬܝܒ | And | Ὁ | And | ||||||
| — | ἔσται | will be | — | | | quoniam | Quia | will be | ܕܒܝܬܝ | will be | οἶκός | will be | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | domus | — | — | — | — | μου | the | ||||||
| — | οἶκός | house | οικος | | | mea | mea | house | ܒܝܬ | house | οἶκος | house | ||||||
| — | μου | of Mine | μου | | | domus | domus | of Mine | ܨܠܘܬܐ | of Mine | προσευχῆς | of Mine | ||||||
| — | οἶκος | a house | οικος | | | orationis | orationis | a house | — | — | ἐστίν | a house | ||||||
| — | προσευχῆς· | of prayer’; | προσευχης | | | est | est | of prayer’; | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | of prayer’; | ὑμεῖς | of prayer’; | ||||||
| — | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | You yourselves | ܐܢܬܘܢ | You yourselves | δὲ | You yourselves | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | αὐτὸν | however | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | it | — | | | fecistis | fecistis | it | ܥܒܕܬܘܢܝܗܝ | it | ἐποιήσατε | it | ||||||
| — | ἐποιήσατε | made | εποιησατε | | | illam | illam | made | — | — | σπήλαιον | made | ||||||
| — | σπήλαιον | a den | σπηλαιον | | | speluncam | speluncam | a den | ܡܥܪܬܐ | a den | λῃστῶν | a den | ||||||
| — | λῃστῶν. | of robbers.’ | ληστων | | | latronum | latronum | of robbers.’ | ܕܠܤܛܝܐ | of robbers.’ | λῃστῶν. | of robbers.’ | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||