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 | ||||||||||||
| — | κηρύξαι | to proclaim | κηρυξαι | | | adnutiare | prædicare | to proclaim | ܘܠܡܟܪܙܘ | to proclaim | κηρύξαι | to proclaim | ||||||
| — | ἐνιαυτὸν | the year | ενιαυτον | | | annum | annum | year | ܫܢܬܐ | the year | ἐνιαυτὸν | the year | ||||||
| — | κυρίου | of the Lord’s | κυ | | | — | Domini | of the Lord | ܡܩܒܠܬܐ | of the Lord’s | κυρίου | of the Lord’s | ||||||
| — | δεκτόν. | favor. | δεκτον | | | acceptum | acceptum | acceptable | ܠܡܪܝܐ | favor. | δεκτόν | favor. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 4:29 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||