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 | ܘܗܘܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | αὐτὴ | she | αυτη | | | haec | hæc | she | ܐܪܡܠܬܐ | she | αὕτη | she | ||||||
| — | χήρα | was a widow | χηρα | | | uidua | vidua | was a widow | ܐܝܟ | was a widow | χήρα | was a widow | ||||||
| — | ἕως | until | — | | | — | usque | until | ܫܢܝܢ | until | ὡς | until | ||||||
| — | ἐτῶν | years | ετων | | | lxxxiiii | ad | years | — | — | ἐτῶν | years | ||||||
| — | ὀγδοήκοντα | eighty and | — | | | annorum | annos | eighty and | ܬܡܢܐܝܢ | eighty and | ὀγδοήκοντα | eighty and | ||||||
| — | τεσσάρων | four | — | | | — | octoginta | four | ܘܐܪܒܥ | four | τεσσάρων- | four | ||||||
| — | ἣ | who | η | | | quae | — | — | — | — | ἣ | who | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | recedebat | quæ | not | ܦܪܩܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἀφίστατο | was departing | αφιστατο | | | non | non | was departing | ܗܘܬ | was departing | ἀφίστατο | was departing | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | from | — | | | orationibus | discedebat | from | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | de | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | ἱεροῦ | temple | — | | | templo | templo | temple | ܗܝܟܠܐ | temple | ἱεροῦ | temple | ||||||
| — | νηστείαις | with fastings | νηστειαις | | | ieiuniis | jejuniis | with fastings | ܘܒܨܘܡܐ | with fastings | νηστείαις | with fastings | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | δεήσεσιν | prayers | δεησεσι | | | — | obsecrationibus | prayers | ܘܒܨܠܘܬܐ | prayers | δεήσεσιν | prayers | ||||||
| — | λατρεύουσα | serving | λατρευουσα | | | seruiens | serviens | serving | ܦܠܚܐ | serving | λατρεύουσα | serving | ||||||
| — | νύκτα | night | νυκτα | | | nocte | nocte | night | ܗܘܬ | night | νύκτα | night | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | ac | and | ܒܐܝܡܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἡμέραν· | day; | ημεραν | | | die | die | day; | ܘܒܠܠܝܐ | day; | ἡμέραν | day; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 2:40 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||