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 | | | tradet | Tradet | And | ܢܫܠܡ | And | Παραδώσει | And | ||||||
| — | παραδώσει | will deliver up | παραδωσει | | | in | autem | will deliver up | ܕܝܢ | will deliver up | δὲ | will deliver up | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | — | | | frater | frater | now | ܕܝܢ | but | ἀδελφὸς | now | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφὸς | brother | αδελφος | | | fratrem | fratrem | brother | ܐܚܐ | brother | ἀδελφὸν | brother | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφὸν | brother | αδελφον | | | in | in | brother | ܠܐܚܘܗܝ | brother | εἰς | brother | ||||||
| — | εἰς | to | εις | | | mortem | mortem | to | — | — | θάνατον | to | ||||||
| — | θάνατον | death | θανατον | | | et | et | death | ܠܡܘܬܐ | death | καὶ | death | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | pater | pater | and | ܘܐܒܐ | and | πατὴρ | and | ||||||
| — | πατὴρ | father | πατηρ | | | filium | filium | father | — | — | τέκνον | father | ||||||
| — | τέκνον, | child, | τεκνον | | | et | et | child, | ܠܒܪܗ | child, | καὶ | child, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | consurgent | and | ܘܢܩܘܡܘܢ | and | ἐπαναστήσονται | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπαναστήσονται | will rise up | επαναστησονται | | | filii | filii | will rise up | ܒܢܝܐ | will rise up | τέκνα | will rise up | ||||||
| — | τέκνα | children | τεκνα | | | insurgent | in | children | — | — | ἐπὶ | children | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | against | επι | | | parentes | parentes | against | ܥܠ | against | γονεῖς | against | ||||||
| — | γονεῖς | parents | γονεις | | | et | et | parents | ܐܒܗܝܗܘܢ | parents | καὶ | parents | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | morti | morte | and | — | — | θανατώσουσιν | and | ||||||
| — | θανατώσουσιν | will put to death | θανατωσουσιν | | | adficient | afficient | will put to death | ܘܢܡܝܬܘܢ | will put to death | αὐτούς | will put to death | ||||||
| — | αὐτούς. | them. | αυτους | | | eos | eos | them. | ܐܢܘܢ | them. | αὐτούς. | them. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||