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 | ܘܐܬܝܗܒ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἐπεδόθη | there was given | επεδοθη | | | porrectus | traditus | ? | ܠܗ | there was given | ἐπεδόθη | there was given | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | est | est | is | ܤܦܪܐ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | ||||||
| — | βιβλίον | the scroll of | — | | | illi | illi | to him/those | — | — | βιβλίον | the scroll of | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | — | | | scriptum | — | — | — | — | Ἠσαΐου | the | ||||||
| — | προφήτου | prophet | — | | | — | liber | ? | ܕܐܫܥܝܐ | prophet | τοῦ | prophet | ||||||
| — | Ἠσαΐου· | Isaiah; | — | | | — | Isai | ? | ܢܒܝܐ | Isaiah; | προφήτου | Isaiah; | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | profeta | prophet | ? | ܘܦܬܚ | and | Καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀναπτύξας | having unrolled | — | | | et | Et | and | ܝܫܘܥ | having unrolled | ἀναπτύξας | having unrolled | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | — | | | erat | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | βιβλίον | scroll | — | | | — | revolvit | ? | ܤܦܪܐ | scroll | βιβλίον | scroll | ||||||
| — | εὗρεν | He found | ευρεν | | | reuoluens | librum | ? | ܘܐܫܟܚ | He found | εὗρεν | He found | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | τόπον | place | τοπον | | | esaias | locum | ? | — | — | τόπον | place | ||||||
| — | οὗ | where | ου | | | inuenit | ubi | ? | ܕܘܟܬܐ | where | οὗ | where | ||||||
| — | ἦν | it was | ην | | | locum | scriptum | ? | ܐܝܟܐ | it was | ἦν | it was | ||||||
| — | γεγραμμένον | written | γεγραμμενον | | | ubi | erat | was | ܕܟܬܝܒ | written | γεγραμμένον | written | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 4:29 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||