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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὁ | the one | ο | | | domo | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||
| — | δὲ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | upon | επι | | | qui | qui | upon | ܕܒܐܓܪܐ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | sua | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | δώματος | housetop | δωματος | | | super | super | housetop | — | — | δώματος | housetop | ||||||
| — | μὴ | not | μη | | | tectum | tectum | not | ܗܘ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| — | καταβάτω | he should come down | καταβατω | | | ne | ne | he should come down | ܠܐ | he should come down | καταβάτω | he should come down | ||||||
| — | εἰς | into | εις | | | descendat | descendat | into | ܢܚܘܬ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| — | τὴν | <the> | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| — | οἰκίαν | house | οικειαν | | | in | in | house | — | — | οἰκίαν | house | ||||||
| — | μηδὲ | nor | μηδε | | | domum | domum | nor | ܘܠܐ | nor | μηδὲ | nor | ||||||
| — | εἰσελθάτω | should go in | εισελθατω | | | nec | nec | should go in | ܢܥܘܠ | should go in | εἰσελθέτω | should go in | ||||||
| — | ἆραί | to take | αραι | | | introeat | introëat | to take | ܠܡܫܩܠ | to take | ἆραί | to take | ||||||
| — | τι | anything | τι | | | — | ut | anything | ܡܕܡ | anything | τι | anything | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | tollere | tollat | out of | — | — | ἐκ | out of | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | οἰκίας | house | οικιας | | | quid | quid | house | ܡܢ | house | οἰκίας | house | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ· | of him; | αυτου | | | de | de | of him; | ܒܝܬܗ | of him; | αὐτοῦ | of him; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||