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 | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | εἶπαν | spoke | — | | | dixerunt | aiunt | spoke | ܠܗ | spoke | εἶπον | spoke | ||||||
| — | λέγοντες | saying | — | | | dic | dicentes | saying | — | — | πρὸς | saying | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | — | | | ad | ad | to | ܐܡܪ | to | αὐτόν | to | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν· | Him: | — | | | — | illum | Him: | ܠܢ | Him: | λέγοντες | Him: | ||||||
| — | εἰπὸν | do tell | ειπον | | | eum | Dic | do tell | ܒܐܝܢܐ | do tell | Εἰπὲ | do tell | ||||||
| — | ἡμῖν | us | ημειν | | | nobis | nobis | us | ܫܘܠܛܢܐ | us | ἡμῖν | us | ||||||
| — | ἐν | by | εν | | | in | in | by | — | — | ἐν | by | ||||||
| — | ποίᾳ | what | ποια | | | qua | qua | what | ܗܠܝܢ | what | ποίᾳ | what | ||||||
| — | ἐξουσίᾳ | authority | εξουσια | | | potestate | potestate | authority | ܥܒܕ | authority | ἐξουσίᾳ | authority | ||||||
| — | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | haec | hæc | these things | ܐܢܬ | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ||||||
| — | ποιεῖς | You do | ποιεις | | | facis | facis | You do | — | — | ποιεῖς | You do | ||||||
| — | ἢ | or | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| — | τίς | who | τις | | | quis | quis | who | ܗܘ | who | τίς | who | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܕܝܗܒ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the one | ο | | | potestatem | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||
| — | δούς | having given | δους | | | qui | qui | having given | ܠܟ | having given | δούς | having given | ||||||
| — | σοι | to You | σοι | | | dedit | dedit | to You | — | — | σοι | to You | ||||||
| — | τὴν | <the> | — | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἐξουσίαν | authority | — | | | tibi | tibi | authority | ܫܘܠܛܢܐ | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | ||||||
| — | ταύτην;¶ | this? | ταυτην | | | hanc | hanc | this? | ܗܢܐ | this? | ταύτην | this? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||