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 | ||||||||||||
καιP4 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | Et | and | ܘܬܡܝܗܝܢ | and | Καὶ | and | |||||
ἐξεπλήσσοντοP4 | they were astonished | ἐξεπλήσσοντο | they were astonished | εξεπλησσοντο | | | mirabantur | stupebant | they were astonished | — | — | ἐξεπλήσσοντο | they were astonished | |||||
ἐπὶP4 | at | ἐπὶ | at | επι | | | in | in | at | ܗܘܘ | at | ἐπὶ | at | |||||
τῇP4 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
διδαχῇP4 | teaching | διδαχῇ | teaching | διδαχη | | | doctrina | doctrina | teaching | — | — | διδαχῇ | teaching | |||||
αὐτοῦP4 | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him | ܒܝܘܠܦܢܗ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | |||||
ὅτιP4 | for | ὅτι | for | οτι | | | quoniam | quia | for | — | — | ὅτι | for | |||||
ἐνP4 | with | ἐν | with | εν | | | in | in | with | ܕܡܫܠܛܐ | with | ἐν | with | |||||
ἐξουσίᾳP4 | authority | ἐξουσίᾳ | authority | εξουσια | | | potestate | potestate | authority | — | — | ἐξουσίᾳ | authority | |||||
ἦνP4 | was | ἦν | was | ην | | | erat | erat | was | ܗܘܬ | was | ἦν | was | |||||
ὁP4 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | uerbus | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
λόγοςP4 | message | λόγος | message | λογος | | | — | sermo | message | — | — | λόγος | message | |||||
αὐτοῦ.P4 | of Him. | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | αυτου | | | eius | ipsius | of Him. | ܡܠܬܗ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 4:34 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||