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 | ܠܘܩܕܡ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | to | ܕܝܢ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | πάντα | all | παντα | | | omnes | omnes | all | ܥܬܝܕܐ | all | πάντα | all | ||||||
| — | τὰ | the | — | | | autem | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| — | ἔθνη | nations | εθνη | | | gentes | gentes | nations | — | — | ἔθνη | nations | ||||||
| — | πρῶτον | first | πρωτον | | | primum | primum | first | ܕܬܬܟܪܙ | first | δεῖ | first | ||||||
| — | δεῖ | it behooves | δει | | | oportet | oportet | it behooves | ܤܒܪܬܝ | it behooves | πρῶτον | it behooves | ||||||
| — | κηρυχθῆναι | to proclaim | κηρυχθηναι | | | praedicari | prædicari | to proclaim | ܒܟܠܗܘܢ | to proclaim | κηρυχθῆναι | to proclaim | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | εὐαγγέλιον. | gospel. | ευαγγελιον | | | euangelium | Evangelium | gospel. | ܥܡܡܐ | gospel. | εὐαγγέλιον | gospel. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||