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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἕως | until | εως | | | usque | donec | until | ܥܕܡܐ | until | ἕως | until | ||||||
| — | ἂν | when | — | | | ponam | ponam | when | — | — | ἂν | when | ||||||
| — | θῶ | I may place | — | | | inimicos | inimicos | I may place | ܕܐܤܝܡ | I may place | θῶ | I may place | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | ἐχθρούς | enemies | εχθρους | | | dum | — | — | — | — | ἐχθρούς | enemies | ||||||
| — | σου | of You | σου | | | tuos | tuos | of You | ܒܥܠܕܒܒܝܟ | of You | σου | of You | ||||||
| — | ὑποπόδιον | as a footstool | — | | | sub | scabellum | as a footstool | ܬܚܝܬ | as a footstool | ὑποπόδιον | as a footstool | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | ποδῶν | feet | ποδων | | | pedibus | pedum | feet | — | — | ποδῶν | feet | ||||||
| — | σου. | of You. | σου | | | tuis | tuorum | of You. | ܪܓܠܝܟ | of You. | σου | of You. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||