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 | ||||||||||||
καιP141 | And | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
οτεP141 | when | ὅτε | when | οτε | | | cum | cum | when | ܗܘܐ | when | ὅτε | when | |||||
εγενετοP141 | He was | ἐγένετο | He was | εγενετο | | | facti | factus | He was | ܒܪ | He was | ἐγένετο | He was | |||||
αυτωP141 | years old | ἐτῶν | years old | — | | | sunt | esset | years old | — | — | ἐτῶν | years old | |||||
ετηP141 | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | — | | | anni | annorum | twelve | ܫܢܝܢ | twelve | δώδεκα | twelve | |||||
δωδεκαP141 | when were going up | ἀναβαινόντων | when were going up | — | | | ei | duodecim | when were going up | ܬܪܬܥܤܪܐ | when were going up | ἀναβάντων | when were going up | |||||
αὐτῶνP141 | they | αὐτῶν | they | αυτω | | | ascenderunt | ascendentibus | they | ܤܠܩܘ | they | αὐτῶν | they | |||||
εἰςP141 | into | εἰς | into | — | | | parentes | illis | into | ܐܝܟܢܐ | into | εἰς | into | |||||
ἹεροσόλυμαP141 | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | — | | | — | Jerosolymam | Jerusalem | — | — | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | |||||
κατὰP141 | according to | κατὰ | according to | κατα | | | secundum | secundum | according to | ܕܡܥܕܝܢ | according to | κατὰ | according to | |||||
τὸP141 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | festi | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
ἔθοςP141 | custom | ἔθος | custom | εθος | | | consuetudinem | consuetudinem | custom | ܗܘܘ | custom | ἔθος | custom | |||||
τῆςP141 | of the | τῆς | of the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
ἑορτῆςP141 | Feast | ἑορτῆς | Feast | εορτης | | | diei | diei | Feast | ܠܥܕܥܕܐ | Feast | ἑορτῆς | Feast | |||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 3:8 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||