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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Καί | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καί | And | ||||||
| — | τινων | as some | τινων | | | quoniam | quibusdam | as some | ܐܡܪܝܢ | as some | τινων | as some | ||||||
| — | λεγόντων | were speaking | λεγοντων | | | dicentium | dicentibus | were speaking | ܗܘܘ | were speaking | λεγόντων | were speaking | ||||||
| — | περὶ | about | περι | | | de | de | about | ܐܢܫܝܢ | about | περὶ | about | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | templo | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | ἱεροῦ | temple | ϊερου | | | quorundam | quod | temple | ܗܝܟܠܐ | temple | ἱεροῦ | temple | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | bonis | bonis | that | ܕܒܟܐܦܐ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | λίθοις | with stones | λιθοις | | | lapidibus | lapidibus | with stones | ܫܦܝܪܬܐ | with stones | λίθοις | with stones | ||||||
| — | καλοῖς | goodly | καλοις | | | et | et | goodly | ܘܒܩܘܪܒܢܐ | goodly | καλοῖς | goodly | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | est | donis | and | ܡܨܒܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀναθήμασιν | with consecrated gifts | — | | | ornata | ornatum | with consecrated gifts | ܐܡܪ | with consecrated gifts | ἀναθήμασιν | with consecrated gifts | ||||||
| — | κεκόσμηται | it has been adorned | κεκοσμηται | | | — | esset | it has been adorned | ܠܗܘܢ | it has been adorned | κεκόσμηται | it has been adorned | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | He said; | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | He said; | ܝܫܘܥ | He said; | εἶπεν | He said; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||