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 | ܘܐܘܤܦ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | προσέθετο | he proceeded | — | | | misit | addidit | he proceeded | ܘܫܕܪ | he proceeded | προσέθετο | he proceeded | ||||||
| — | ἕτερον | another | ετερον | | | alium | alterum | another | ܠܥܒܕܗ | another | πέμψαι | another | ||||||
| — | πέμψαι | to send | — | | | seruum | servum | to send | ܐܚܪܢܐ | to send | ἕτερον | to send | ||||||
| — | δοῦλον· | a servant; | δουλον | | | illum | mittere | a servant; | ܗܢܘܢ | a servant; | δοῦλον | a servant; | ||||||
| — | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | illi | — | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | but | δε | | | autem | autem | but | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | but | ||||||
| — | κἀκεῖνον | him | κακεινον | | | caesum | hunc | him | ܠܗܘ | him | κἀκεῖνον | him | ||||||
| — | δείραντες | having beaten | δειραντες | | | et | quoque | having beaten | ܡܚܐܘܗܝ | having beaten | δείραντες | having beaten | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | iniuriantes | cædentes | and | ܘܨܥܪܘܗܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀτιμάσαντες | having dishonored | ατειμασαντες | | | et | et | having dishonored | ܘܫܕܪܘܗܝ | having dishonored | ἀτιμάσαντες | having dishonored | ||||||
| — | ἐξαπέστειλαν | they sent away | — | | | dimiserunt | afficientes | they sent away | ܟܕ | they sent away | ἐξαπέστειλαν | they sent away | ||||||
| — | κενόν. | empty-handed. | — | | | uacuum | contumelia | empty-handed. | ܤܪܝܩ | empty-handed. | κενόν | empty-handed. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||