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 | ܘܠܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܐܫܟܚܘ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἴσχυσαν | they were able | εισχυσαν | | | potuerunt | potuerunt | they were able | — | — | ἴσχυσαν | they were able | ||||||
| — | ἐπιλαβέσθαι | to catch Him in | — | | | uerbum | verbum | to catch Him in | ܠܡܐܚܕ | to catch Him in | ἐπιλαβέσθαι | to catch Him in | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | His | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | His | ܡܢܗ | His | αὐτοῦ | His | ||||||
| — | ῥήματος | declaration | ρημα | | | autem | reprehendere | declaration | ܡܠܬܐ | declaration | ῥήματος | declaration | ||||||
| — | ἐναντίον | before | εναντιον | | | adpraehendere | coram | before | — | — | ἐναντίον | before | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | λαοῦ, | people, | λαου | | | conspectu | plebe | people, | ܩܕܡ | people, | λαοῦ | people, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | populi | et | and | ܥܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | θαυμάσαντες | having marveled | θαυμασαντες | | | mirantes | mirati | having marveled | ܘܐܬܕܡܪܘ | having marveled | θαυμάσαντες | having marveled | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | at | επι | | | in | in | at | ܥܠ | at | ἐπὶ | at | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀποκρίσει | answer | αποκρισει | | | responsione | responso | answer | — | — | ἀποκρίσει | answer | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܦܬܓܡܗ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| — | ἐσίγησαν.¶ | they became silent. | εσειγησαν | | | tacuerunt | tacuerunt | they became silent. | ܘܫܬܩܘ | they became silent. | ἐσίγησαν | they became silent. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||