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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Ἤγγιζεν | Was drawing near | — | | | adpropinquauit | Appropinquabat | Was drawing near | ܩܪܝܒ | Was drawing near | Ἤγγιζεν | Was drawing near | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | dicitur | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | ἑορτὴ | Feast | εορτη | | | dies | dies | Feast | ܕܝܢ | Feast | ἑορτὴ | Feast | ||||||
| — | τῶν | <the> | των | | | pascha | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀζύμων | of Unleavened Bread | αζυμων | | | — | festus | of Unleavened Bread | ܥܕܥܕܐ | of Unleavened Bread | ἀζύμων | of Unleavened Bread | ||||||
| — | ἡ | which | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | which | ||||||
| — | λεγομένη | is being named | λεγομενη | | | azymorum | azymorum | is being named | ܕܦܛܝܪܐ | is being named | λεγομένη | is being named | ||||||
| — | πάσχα, | Passover, | πασχα | | | qui | qui | Passover, | ܕܡܬܩܪܐ | Passover, | Πάσχα | Passover, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||