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 | ܘܕܬܠܬܐ | and | Καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | sunt | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | τρίτος | third | τριτος | | | dimiserunt | tertius | third | ܬܘܒ | third | τρίτος | third | ||||||
| — | ἔλαβεν | took | — | | | — | accepit | took | — | — | ἔλαβεν | took | ||||||
| — | αὐτήν | her | — | | | — | illam | her | ܢܤܒܗ | her | αὐτὴν | her | ||||||
| — | ὡσαύτως, | likewise | ωσαυτως | | | — | Similiter | likewise | ܘܗܟܘܬ | likewise | ὡσαύτως | likewise | ||||||
| — | ὡσαύτως | likewise | — | | | et | et | likewise | — | — | Ὡσαύτως | likewise | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | — | | | — | omnes | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | — | | | septem | septem | also | ܫܒܥܬܝܗܘܢ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἑπτὰ | seven | επτα | | | — | et | seven | — | — | ἑπτά | seven | ||||||
| — | οὐ | not | — | | | non | non | not | ܘܡܝܬܘ | not | οὐ | not | ||||||
| — | κατέλιπον | did leave | — | | | — | reliquerunt | did leave | ܘܠܐ | did leave | κατέλιπον | did leave | ||||||
| — | τέκνα | children | — | | | — | semen | children | — | — | τέκνα | children | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | filios | et | and | ܫܒܩܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀπέθανον. | died. | απεθανον | | | mortui | mortui | died. | ܒܢܝܐ | died. | ἀπέθανον | died. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||