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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἰδόντες | Having seen | ιδοντες | | | uidentes | Videntes | Having seen | ܘܟܕ | Having seen | Ἰδόντες | Having seen | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ἐγνώρισαν | they made known | εγνωρισαν | | | cognouerunt | cognoverunt | they made known | ܐܘܕܥܘ | they made known | διεγνώρισαν | they made known | ||||||
| — | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | de | concerning | ܠܡܠܬܐ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | factum | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | ῥήματος | declaration | ρηματος | | | uerbo | verbo | declaration | — | — | ῥήματος | declaration | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | which | του | | | est | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | which | ||||||
| — | λαληθέντος | having been told | λαληθεντος | | | quod | quod | having been told | ܕܐܬܡܠܠܬ | having been told | λαληθέντος | having been told | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | — | dictum | to them | ܥܡܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| — | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | ad | erat | concerning | ܥܠܘܗܝ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | eos | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | παιδίου | Child | παιδιου | | | infante | illis | Child | ܥܠ | Child | παιδίου | Child | ||||||
| — | τούτου. | this. | — | | | de | de | this. | ܛܠܝܐ | this. | τούτου | this. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 2:29 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||