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 | ܘܤܓܝܐܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | πολλοὶ | many | πολλοι | | | multi | multi | many | ܓܪܒܐ | many | πολλοὶ | many | ||||||
| — | λεπροὶ | lepers | λεπροι | | | leprosi | leprosi | lepers | ܐܝܬ | lepers | λεπροὶ | lepers | ||||||
| — | ἦσαν | were | ησαν | | | erant | erant | were | ܗܘܘ | were | ἦσαν | were | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܝܬ | in | ἐπὶ | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | istrahel | — | — | — | — | Ἐλισσαίου | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰσραὴλ | Israel | ϊσραηλ | | | — | Israël | Israel | ܐܝܤܪܝܠ | Israel | τοῦ | Israel | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | in the time | επι | | | sub | sub | in the time | ܒܝܘܡܝ | in the time | προφήτου | in the time | ||||||
| — | Ἐλισαίου | of Elisha | ελισαιου | | | — | Eliseo | of Elisha | ܐܠܝܫܥ | of Elisha | ἐν | of Elisha | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | leiseo | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| — | προφήτου· | prophet; | προφητου | | | profeta | propheta | prophet; | ܢܒܝܐ | prophet; | Ἰσραήλ | prophet; | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܚܕ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οὐδεὶς | none | ουδεις | | | nemo | nemo | none | ܡܢܗܘܢ | none | οὐδεὶς | none | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | of them | αυτων | | | eorum | eorum | of them | ܠܐ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| — | ἐκαθαρίσθη | was cleansed | εκαθαρισθη | | | mundatus | mundatus | was cleansed | ܐܬܕܟܝ | was cleansed | ἐκαθαρίσθη | was cleansed | ||||||
| — | εἰ | only | ει | | | est | est | only | ܐܠܐ | only | εἰ | only | ||||||
| — | μὴ | except | μη | | | nisi | nisi | except | ܐܢ | except | μὴ | except | ||||||
| — | Ναιμὰν | Naaman | — | | | — | Naaman | Naaman | ܢܥܡܢ | Naaman | Νεεμὰν | Naaman | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | naemas | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | Σύρος.¶ | Syrian. | συρος | | | syrus | Syrus | Syrian. | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Syrian. | Σύρος | Syrian. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 4:29 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||