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 | ܘܗܘ | and | Καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸς | Himself | αυτος | | | ipse | ipse | Himself | ܕܘܝܕ | Himself | αὐτὸς | Himself | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | — | | | dauid | David | for | ܓܝܪ | for | Δαυὶδ | for | ||||||
| — | Δαυὶδ | David | δαυειδ | | | dicit | dicit | David | ܐܡܪ | David | λέγει | David | ||||||
| — | λέγει | says | λεγει | | | in | in | says | ܒܟܬܒܐ | says | ἐν | says | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | libro | libro | in | ܕܡܙܡܘܪܐ | in | βίβλῳ | in | ||||||
| — | βίβλῳ | the book | — | | | psalmorum | Psalmorum | the book | — | — | ψαλμῶν | the book | ||||||
| — | ψαλμῶν· | of Psalms: | ψαλμων | | | dicit | — | — | ܕܐܡܪ | of Psalms: | Εἶπεν | of Psalms: | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | Said | — | | | — | Dixit | Said | ܡܪܝܐ | Said | ὁ | Said | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | — | | | dms | — | — | — | — | κύριος | the | ||||||
| — | κύριος | Lord | — | | | — | Dominus | Lord | — | — | τῷ | Lord | ||||||
| — | τῷ | to the | τω | | | dmo | — | — | — | — | κυρίῳ | to the | ||||||
| — | κυρίῳ | Lord | κω | | | — | Domino | Lord | ܠܡܪܝ | Lord | μου | Lord | ||||||
| — | μου· | of me; | μου | | | meo | meo | of me; | ܬܒ | of me; | Κάθου | of me; | ||||||
| — | κάθου | do sit | καθου | | | sede | sede | do sit | ܠܟ | do sit | ἐκ | do sit | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | at | εκ | | | a | a | at | — | — | δεξιῶν | at | ||||||
| — | δεξιῶν | the right hand | δεξιων | | | dexteram | dextris | the right hand | ܡܢ | the right hand | μου | the right hand | ||||||
| — | μου | of Me | μου | | | meam | meis | of Me | ܝܡܝܢܝ | of Me | μου | of Me | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||