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 | ܘܠܘܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܚܕܐ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | οὐδεμίαν | none | ουδεμιαν | | | neminem | nullam | none | ܡܢܗܝܢ | none | οὐδεμίαν | none | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | — | illarum | of them | — | — | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| — | ἐπέμφθη | was sent | επεμφθη | | | missus | missus | was sent | ܠܐ | was sent | ἐπέμφθη | was sent | ||||||
| — | Ἠλίας | Elijah | ηλειας | | | est | est | Elijah | ܐܫܬܕܪ | Elijah | Ἠλίας | Elijah | ||||||
| — | εἰ | only | ει | | | eorum | Elias | only | ܐܠܝܐ | only | εἰ | only | ||||||
| — | μὴ | except | μη | | | nisi | nisi | except | ܐܠܐ | except | μὴ | except | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܠܨܪܦܬ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | Σάρεπτα | Zarephath | σαρεπτα | | | sarepta | Sarepta | Zarephath | ܕܨܝܕܢ | Zarephath | Σάρεπτα | Zarephath | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | της | | | helias | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | Σιδωνίας | of Sidon | — | | | sidoniae | Sidoniæ | of Sidon | — | — | Σιδῶνος | of Sidon | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܠܘܬ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | γυναῖκα | a woman | γυναικα | | | mulierem | mulierem | a woman | ܐܢܬܬܐ | a woman | γυναῖκα | a woman | ||||||
| — | χήραν. | a widow. | χηραν | | | uiduam | viduam | a widow. | ܐܪܡܠܬܐ | a widow. | χήραν | a widow. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 4:29 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||