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 | ܘܐܝܬܝܘܗܝ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | φέρουσιν | they lead | — | | | ad | duxerunt | they lead | ܠܥܝܠܐ | they lead | ἤγαγον | they lead | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | πῶλον | colt | πωλον | | | pullum | pullum | colt | — | — | πῶλον | colt | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | adduxerunt | ad | to | ܠܘܬ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιην | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπιβάλλουσιν | they do cast | επιβαλλουσιν | | | — | imponunt | they do cast | ܘܐܪܡܝܘ | they do cast | ἐπέβαλον | they do cast | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | upon it | αυτω | | | illi | illi | upon it | ܥܠܘܗܝ | upon it | αὐτῷ | upon it | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | τα | | | inponunt | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | ἱμάτια | cloaks | ϊματια | | | uestimenta | vestimenta | cloaks | — | — | ἱμάτια | cloaks | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν, | of them, | — | | | sua | sua | of them, | ܡܐܢܝܗܘܢ | of them, | αὐτῶν | of them, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܪܟܒ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐκάθισεν | He sat | — | | | sedebat | sedit | He sat | — | — | ἐκάθισεν | He sat | ||||||
| — | ἐπ᾽ | on | επ | | | super | super | on | ܥܠܘܗܝ | on | ἐπ’ | on | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν. | it. | αυτον | | | eum | eum | it. | ܝܫܘܥ | it. | αὐτῷ | it. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Mark 11:27 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||