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 | ||||||||||||
| — | πᾶς | Everyone | πας | | | omnis | Omnis | Everyone | ܘܟܠ | Everyone | Πᾶς | Everyone | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | caeciderit | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | πεσὼν | falling | πεσων | | | qui | qui | falling | ܕܢܦܠ | falling | πεσὼν | falling | ||||||
| — | ἐπ᾽ | on | επ | | | ceciderit | ceciderit | on | ܥܠ | on | ἐπ’ | on | ||||||
| — | ἐκεῖνον | that very | εκεινον | | | super | super | that very | ܗܝ | that very | ἐκεῖνον | that very | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | λίθον | stone | λιθον | | | illum | illum | stone | ܟܐܦܐ | stone | λίθον | stone | ||||||
| — | συνθλασθήσεται· | will be broken; | συνθλασθησεται | | | lapidem | lapidem | will be broken; | ܢܬܪܥܥ | will be broken; | συνθλασθήσεται | will be broken; | ||||||
| — | ἐφ᾽ | on | εφ | | | confringetur | conquassabitur | on | — | — | ἐφ’ | on | ||||||
| — | ὃν | whomever | ον | | | super | super | whomever | ܘܟܠ | whomever | ὃν | whomever | ||||||
| — | δ᾽ | but | δ | | | quem | quem | but | ܡܢ | but | δ’ | but | ||||||
| — | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | autem | autem | maybe | ܕܗܝ | maybe | ἂν | maybe | ||||||
| — | πέσῃ, | it may fall, | πεση | | | — | ceciderit | it may fall, | ܬܦܠ | it may fall, | πέσῃ | it may fall, | ||||||
| — | λικμήσει | it will grind into powder | λικμησει | | | comminuet | comminuet | it will grind into powder | ܥܠܘܗܝ | it will grind into powder | λικμήσει | it will grind into powder | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν.¶ | him. | αυτον | | | eum | illum | him. | ܬܕܪܝܘܗܝ | him. | αὐτόν | him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||