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 | ܘܗܝܕܝܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | τότε | then | τοτε | | | tunc | tunc | then | ܢܚܙܘܢܝܗܝ | then | τότε | then | ||||||
| — | ὄψονται | will they behold | οψονται | | | uidebunt | videbunt | will they behold | ܠܒܪܗ | will they behold | ὄψονται | will they behold | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | uirtute | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | υἱὸν | Son | ϋιον | | | filium | Filium | Son | — | — | υἱὸν | Son | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ανθρωπου | | | hominis | hominis | of Man | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ||||||
| — | ἐρχόμενον | coming | ερχομενον | | | uenientem | venientem | coming | ܕܐܬܐ | coming | ἐρχόμενον | coming | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܥܢܢܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | νεφέλῃ | a cloud | νεφελη | | | nube | nube | a cloud | ܥܡ | a cloud | νεφέλῃ | a cloud | ||||||
| — | μετὰ | with | — | | | multa | cum | with | ܚܝܠܐ | with | μετὰ | with | ||||||
| — | δυνάμεως | power | — | | | et | potestate | power | — | — | δυνάμεως | power | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | magna | and | ܤܓܝܐܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | δόξης | glory | — | | | et | et | glory | ܘܫܘܒܚܐ | glory | δόξης | glory | ||||||
| — | πολλῆς.¶ | great. | πολλη | | | gloria | majestate | great. | ܪܒܐ | great. | πολλῆς | great. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||