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 | ܘܪܝܫ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πρωτοκαθεδρίας | first seats | πρωτοκαθεδριας | | | in | in | first seats | ܡܘܬܒܐ | first seats | πρωτοκαθεδρίας | first seats | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | primas | primis | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | ταῖς | the | ταις | | | cathedras | cathedris | the | — | — | ταῖς | the | ||||||
| — | συναγωγαῖς | synagogues | συναγωγαις | | | cubitus | sedere | synagogues | ܒܟܢܘܫܬܐ | synagogues | συναγωγαῖς | synagogues | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | in | in | and | ܘܪܝܫ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πρωτοκλισίας | first places | πρωτοκλισιας | | | synagogis | synagogis | first places | — | — | πρωτοκλισίας | first places | ||||||
| — | ἐν | at | εν | | | et | et | at | ܤܡܟܐ | at | ἐν | at | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | the | τοις | | | primos | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | the | ||||||
| — | δείπνοις, | feasts, | δειπνοις | | | conuiuiis | discubitus | feasts, | ܒܚܫܡܝܬܐ | feasts, | δείπνοις | feasts, | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||