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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἀρχομένων | Beginning | — | | | horum | His | Beginning | ܡܐ | Beginning | Ἀρχομένων | Beginning | ||||||
| — | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| — | τούτων | of these things | τουτων | | | fieri | fieri | of these things | ܕܫܪܝ | of these things | τούτων | of these things | ||||||
| — | γίνεσθαι | to come to pass | γεινεσθαι | | | incipientium | incipientibus | to come to pass | ܗܠܝܢ | to come to pass | γίνεσθαι | to come to pass | ||||||
| — | ἀνακύψατε | do look up | ανακυψατε | | | erigite | respicite | do look up | ܕܢܗܘܝܢ | do look up | ἀνακύψατε | do look up | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܐܬܠܒܒܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπάρατε | do lift up | επαρατε | | | — | levate | do lift up | — | — | ἐπάρατε | do lift up | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | τας | | | uos | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | κεφαλὰς | heads | κεφαλας | | | capita | capita | heads | ܘܐܪܝܡܘ | heads | κεφαλὰς | heads | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν | of you | — | | | uestra | vestra | of you | ܪܫܝܟܘܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | ||||||
| — | διότι | because | διοτι | | | quoniam | quoniam | because | ܡܛܠ | because | διότι | because | ||||||
| — | ἐγγίζει | draws near | εγγιζει | | | subleuate | appropinquat | draws near | ܕܩܪܒ | draws near | ἐγγίζει | draws near | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀπολύτρωσις | redemption | απολυτρωσις | | | adpropinquat | redemptio | redemption | ܠܗ | redemption | ἀπολύτρωσις | redemption | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν.¶ | of you. | ϋμων | | | liueratio | vestra | of you. | ܦܘܪܩܢܟܘܢ | of you. | ὑμῶν | of you. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||