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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἐὰν | If | εαν | | | si | Si | If | ܐܢ | If | Ἐὰν | If | ||||||
| — | δὲ | however | — | | | et | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| — | εἴπωμεν· | we shall say; | ειπωμεν | | | dixerimus | dixerimus | we shall say; | ܢܐܡܪ | we shall say; | εἴπωμεν | we shall say; | ||||||
| — | ἐξ | From | — | | | ab | Ex | From | ܡܢ | From | Ἐξ | From | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώπων, | men, | ανθρωπων | | | hominibus | hominibus | men, | ܒܢܝ | men, | ἀνθρώπων | men, | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | πᾶς | the | ||||||
| — | λαὸς | people | — | | | populus | plebs | people | ܐܢܫܐ | people | ὁ | people | ||||||
| — | ἅπας | all | — | | | omnis | universa | all | ܪܓܡ | all | λαὸς | all | ||||||
| — | καταλιθάσει | will stone | — | | | lapidabit | lapidabit | will stone | ܠܢ | will stone | καταλιθάσει | will stone | ||||||
| — | ἡμᾶς· | us; | ημας | | | nos | nos | us; | ܥܡܐ | us; | ἡμᾶς | us; | ||||||
| — | πεπεισμένος | persuaded | — | | | scit | certi | persuaded | ܟܠܗ | persuaded | πεπεισμένος | persuaded | ||||||
| — | γάρ | for | γαρ | | | — | sunt | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | they are | — | | | enim | enim | they are | ܓܝܪ | they are | ἐστιν | they are | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννην | John | — | | | iohannen | Joannem | John | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | ||||||
| — | προφήτην | a prophet | προφητην | | | prophetam | prophetam | a prophet | ܢܒܝܐ | a prophet | προφήτην | a prophet | ||||||
| — | εἶναι. | to be. | — | | | fuisse | esse | to be. | ܗܘ | to be. | εἶναι | to be. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||