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 | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | καθίσας | having sat down | — | | | sedens | sedens | having sat down | ܝܬܒ | having sat down | καθίσας | having sat down | ||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | — | | | mitterent | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| — | κατέναντι | opposite | κατεναντι | | | contra | contra | opposite | ܠܘܩܒܠ | opposite | κατέναντι | opposite | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | γαζοφυλακίου | treasury | γαζοφυλακιου | | | gazophylacium | gazophylacium | treasury | ܒܝܬ | treasury | γαζοφυλακίου | treasury | ||||||
| — | ἐθεώρει | He was watching | — | | | aspiciebat | aspiciebat | He was watching | ܓܙܐ | He was watching | ἐθεώρει | He was watching | ||||||
| — | πῶς | how | — | | | quomodo | quomodo | how | ܚܐܪ | how | πῶς | how | ||||||
| — | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλος | crowd | οχλος | | | turbae | turba | crowd | ܗܘܐ | crowd | ὄχλος | crowd | ||||||
| — | βάλλει | cast | — | | | — | jactaret | cast | ܐܝܟܢܐ | cast | βάλλει | cast | ||||||
| — | χαλκὸν | money | — | | | — | æs | money | ܟܢܫܐ | money | χαλκὸν | money | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | — | | | — | in | into | ܪܡܝܢ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | γαζοφυλάκιον. | treasury. | — | | | — | gazophylacium | treasury. | ܥܘܪܦܢܐ | treasury. | γαζοφυλάκιον | treasury. | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܒܝܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πολλοὶ | many | — | | | — | multi | many | ܓܙܐ | many | πολλοὶ | many | ||||||
| — | πλούσιοι | rich | — | | | — | divites | rich | ܘܤܓܝܐܐ | rich | πλούσιοι | rich | ||||||
| — | ἔβαλλον | were casting in | εβαλλον | | | — | jactabant | were casting in | ܥܬܝܪܐ | were casting in | ἔβαλλον | were casting in | ||||||
| — | πολλά· | much; | πολλα | | | aes | multa | much; | ܪܡܝܢ | much; | πολλά | much; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||