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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οἱ | those | οι | | | iudicium | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | ||||||
| — | κατεσθίοντες | devouring | — | | | qui | qui | who/which | ܗܢܘܢ | devouring | κατεσθίοντες | devouring | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | — | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | οἰκίας | houses | οικειας | | | deuorant | domos | ? | ܕܐܟܠܝܢ | houses | οἰκίας | houses | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | χηρῶν | widows | χηρων | | | domos | viduarum | ? | ܒܬܐ | widows | χηρῶν | widows | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | uiduarum | sub | under | ܕܐܪܡܠܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | προφάσει | as a pretext | προφασει | | | sub | obtentu | ? | ܒܥܠܬܐ | as a pretext | προφάσει | as a pretext | ||||||
| — | μακρὰ | at great length | μακρα | | | obtentu | prolix | ? | ܕܡܘܪܟܝܢ | at great length | μακρὰ | at great length | ||||||
| — | προσευχόμενοι, | praying, | προσευχομενοι | | | pupillorum | orationis | ? | ܨܠܘܬܗܘܢ | praying, | προσευχόμενοι | praying, | ||||||
| — | οὗτοι | These | ουτοι | | | orantes | hi | ? | ܗܢܘܢ | These | οὗτοι | These | ||||||
| — | λήμψονται | will receive | λημψονται | | | isti | accipient | ? | ܢܩܒܠܘܢ | will receive | λήψονται | will receive | ||||||
| — | περισσότερον | more excessive | περισσοτερον | | | accipient | prolixius | ? | ܕܝܢܐ | more excessive | περισσότερον | more excessive | ||||||
| — | κρίμα.¶ | judgment. | κριμα | | | prolixius | judicium | ? | ܝܬܝܪܐ | judgment. | κρίμα | judgment. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||