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 | ܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | — | | | dixit | ait | answering | ܠܗܘܢ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | eos | illis | said | ܝܫܘܥ | said | εἶπεν | said | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς | to them | — | | | saeculi | Jesus | to them | ܒܢܘܗܝ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | — | | | filii | Filii | Jesus; | ܕܥܠܡܐ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | ||||||
| — | οἱ | The | οι | | | pariuntur | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | The | ||||||
| — | υἱοὶ | sons | ϋιοι | | | huius | hujus | sons | ܗܢܐ | sons | υἱοὶ | sons | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | pariunt | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | αἰῶνος | age | αιωνος | | | et | sæculi | age | ܢܤܒܝܢ | age | αἰῶνος | age | ||||||
| — | τούτου | this | τουτου | | | nubunt | nubunt | this | ܢܫܐ | this | τούτου | this | ||||||
| — | γαμοῦσιν | marry | — | | | et | et | marry | ܘܢܫܐ | marry | γαμοῦσιν | marry | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | nubuntur | traduntur | and | ܗܘܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | γαμίσκονται, | are given in marriage, | — | | | ad | ad | are given in marriage, | ܠܓܒܪܐ | are given in marriage, | ἐκγαμίσκονται | are given in marriage, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||