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 | — | | | et | Et | and | ܘܗܘܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | εγενετο | | | factum | factum | ? | ܒܚܕ | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | ||||||
| — | ἐν | on | εν | | | est | est | is | ܡܢ | on | ἐν | on | ||||||
| — | μιᾷ | one | μια | | | in | in | in | — | — | μιᾷ | one | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | ἡμερῶν | days | ημερων | | | una | una | ? | ܝܘܡܬܐ | days | ἡμερῶν | days | ||||||
| — | ἐκείνων | of those | — | | | d | dierum | ? | ܟܕ | of those | ἐκείνων | of those | ||||||
| — | διδάσκοντος | when is teaching | διδασκοντος | | | docente | docente | ? | ܡܠܦ | when is teaching | διδάσκοντος | when is teaching | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | He | αυτου | | | Β | illo | ? | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | He | αὐτοῦ | He | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | — | | | non | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | λαὸν | people | — | | | populum | in | in | ܠܥܡܐ | people | λαὸν | people | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | inueniebant | templo | ? | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the | τω | | | facerent | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| — | ἱερῷ | temple | ϊερω | | | templo | et | and | ܘܡܤܒܪ | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | evangelizante | ? | ܩܡܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | εὐαγγελιζομένου | evangelising | ευαγγελιζομενου | | | euangelizante | convenerunt | ? | ܥܠܘܗܝ | evangelising | εὐαγγελιζομένου | evangelising | ||||||
| — | ἐπέστησαν | came up | επεστησαν | | | ei | principes | ? | ܪܒܝ | came up | ἐπέστησαν | came up | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | dierum | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχιερις | | | principes | sacerdotum | ? | ܟܗܢܐ | chief priests | ἱερεῖς | chief priests | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | sacerdotum | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | eo | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | γραμματεῖς | scribes | γραμματεις | | | — | scrib | ? | ܘܤܦܪܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| — | σὺν | with | συν | | | scribae | cum | when/with | ܥܡ | with | σὺν | with | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | ||||||
| — | πρεσβυτέροις | elders | πρεσβυτεροις | | | cum | senioribus | ? | ܩܫܝܫܐ | elders | πρεσβυτέροις | elders | ||||||
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| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||