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 | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | And | καὶ | And | — | | | autem | Et | And | ܘܬܡܗܘ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
εξεστησανP75 | were amazed | ἐξέστησαν | were amazed | — | | | uidentes | stupuerunt | were amazed | ܐܒܗܝܗ | were amazed | ἐξέστησαν | were amazed | |||||
οιP75 | the | οἱ | the | οι | | | factum | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | |||||
γονεισP75 | parents | γονεῖς | parents | — | | | parentes | parentes | parents | ܗܘ | parents | γονεῖς | parents | |||||
αυτησP75 | of her. | αὐτῆς. | of her. | — | | | eius | ejus | of her. | ܕܝܢ | of her. | αὐτῆς | of her. | |||||
οP75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | expauerunt | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP75 | and | δὲ | and | δε | | | praecepit | quibus | and | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | |||||
παρηγγειλενP75 | He instructed | παρήγγειλεν | He instructed | παρηγγειλεν | | | autem | præcepit | He instructed | ܐܢܘܢ | He instructed | παρήγγειλεν | He instructed | |||||
αυτοισP75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | nemini | ne | to them | ܕܠܐܢܫ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
μηδενιP75 | no one | μηδενὶ | no one | μηδε | | | illis | alicui | no one | ܠܐ | no one | μηδενὶ | no one | |||||
ειπεινP75 | to tell | εἰπεῖν | to tell | ειπειν | | | dicere | dicerent | to tell | ܢܐܡܪܘܢ | to tell | εἰπεῖν | to tell | |||||
τοP75 | what | τὸ | what | το | | | est | — | — | — | — | τὸ | what | |||||
γεγονοσP75 | having happened. | γεγονός.¶ | having happened. | γεγονος | | | quod | quod | having happened. | ܡܐ | having happened. | γεγονός | having happened. | |||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 9:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||