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 | ||||||||||||
| — | προσέχετε | do beware | προσεχετε | | | a | Attendite | do beware | ܐܙܕܗܪܘ | do beware | Προσέχετε | do beware | ||||||
| — | ἀπὸ | of | απο | | | adtendite | a | of | ܡܢ | of | ἀπὸ | of | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | addubitos | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | γραμματέων | scribes | γραμματεων | | | scribis | scribis | scribes | — | — | γραμματέων | scribes | ||||||
| — | τῶν | who | των | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῶν | who | ||||||
| — | θελόντων | are desiring | θελοντων | | | qui | qui | are desiring | ܤܦܪܐ | are desiring | θελόντων | are desiring | ||||||
| — | περιπατεῖν | to walk | περιπατειν | | | uolunt | volunt | to walk | ܕܨܒܝܢ | to walk | περιπατεῖν | to walk | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | ambulare | ambulare | in | ܠܡܗܠܟܘ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | στολαῖς | long robes | στολαις | | | in | in | long robes | — | — | στολαῖς | long robes | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | stolis | stolis | and | ܒܐܤܛܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | φιλούντων | loving | φιλουντων | | | et | et | loving | ܘܪܚܡܝܢ | loving | φιλούντων | loving | ||||||
| — | ἀσπασμοὺς | greetings | ασπασμους | | | amantium | amant | greetings | — | — | ἀσπασμοὺς | greetings | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | salutationes | salutationes | in | ܫܠܡܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | — | conviviis | the | — | — | ταῖς | the | ||||||
| — | ἀγοραῖς | marketplaces | αγοραις | | | in | in | marketplaces | ܒܫܘܩܐ | marketplaces | ἀγοραῖς | marketplaces | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | foro | foro | and | ܘܪܝܫ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πρωτοκαθεδρίας | first seats | πρωτοκαθεδριας | | | et | et | first seats | — | — | πρωτοκαθεδρίας | first seats | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | primas | primas | in | ܡܘܬܒܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | — | — | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | ||||||
| — | συναγωγαῖς | synagogues | συναγωγαις | | | cathedras | cathedras | synagogues | ܒܟܢܘܫܬܐ | synagogues | συναγωγαῖς | synagogues | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | in | in | and | ܘܪܝܫ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πρωτοκλισίας | first places | πρωτοκλισιας | | | synagogis | synagogis | first places | — | — | πρωτοκλισίας | first places | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | et | et | in | ܤܡܟܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | cenis | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | ||||||
| — | δείπνοις, | banquets, | δειπνοις | | | primos | primos | banquets, | ܒܐܚܫܡܝܬܐ | banquets, | δείπνοις | banquets, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||