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 | ܘܟܪܟ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | πτύξας | having rolled up | — | | | ei | cum | having rolled up | ܤܦܪܐ | having rolled up | πτύξας | having rolled up | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | in | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | βιβλίον | scroll | βιβλιον | | | — | plicuisset | scroll | ܘܝܗܒܗ | scroll | βιβλίον | scroll | ||||||
| — | ἀποδοὺς | having delivered it | αποδους | | | — | librum | having delivered it | ܠܡܫܡܫܢܐ | having delivered it | ἀποδοὺς | having delivered it | ||||||
| — | τῷ | to the | τω | | | intendentes | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | ||||||
| — | ὑπηρέτῃ | attendant | ϋπηρετη | | | reddens | attendant | ܘܐܙܠ | attendant | ὑπηρέτῃ | attendant | |||||||
| — | ἐκάθισεν, | He sat down, | εκαθισεν | | | ministro | ministro | He sat down, | ܝܬܒ | He sat down, | ἐκάθισεν | He sat down, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πάντων | of all | παντων | | | sedit | sedit | of all | ܟܠܗܘܢ | of all | πάντων | of all | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐν | the | ||||||
| — | ὀφθαλμοὶ | eyes | — | | | — | Et | eyes | ܕܝܢ | eyes | τῇ | eyes | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | omnium | omnium | in | ܕܒܟܢܘܫܬܐ | in | συναγωγῇ | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | συναγωγῇ | synagogue | συναγωγη | | | — | in | synagogue | ܥܝܢܝܗܘܢ | synagogue | ὀφθαλμοὶ | synagogue | ||||||
| — | ἦσαν | were | ησαν | | | synagoga | synagoga | were | ܚܝܪܢ | were | ἦσαν | were | ||||||
| — | ἀτενίζοντες | fixed upon | ατενιζοντες | | | oculi | oculi | fixed upon | ܗܘܝ | fixed upon | ἀτενίζοντες | fixed upon | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ. | Him. | αυτω | | | erant | erant | Him. | ܒܗ | Him. | αὐτῷ | Him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 4:29 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||