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 | ܘܟܘܟܒܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | mouebuntur | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀστέρες | stars | — | | | stellae | stellæ | stars | — | — | ἀστέρες | stars | ||||||
| — | ἔσονται | will be | — | | | caelo | cæli | will be | ܢܦܠܘܢ | will be | τοῦ | will be | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | erunt | erunt | out of | ܡܢ | out of | οὐρανοῦ | out of | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἔσονται | the | ||||||
| — | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | ουρανου | | | de | decidentes | heaven | — | — | ἐκπίπτοντες | heaven | ||||||
| — | πίπτοντες, | falling, | πειπτοντες | | | et | et | falling, | ܫܡܝܐ | falling, | καὶ | falling, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | uirtutes | virtutes | and | — | — | αἱ | and | ||||||
| — | αἱ | the | αι | | | — | — | — | — | — | δυνάμεις | the | ||||||
| — | δυνάμεις | powers | δυναμις | | | quae | quæ | powers | ܘܚܝܠܘܬܐ | powers | αἱ | powers | ||||||
| — | αἱ | that are | — | | | cadentes | — | — | — | — | ἐν | that are | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | — | | | — | in | in | ܕܫܡܝܐ | in | τοῖς | in | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οὐρανοῖς | the | ||||||
| — | οὐρανοῖς | heavens | — | | | caelestium | cælis | heavens | — | — | σαλευθήσονται | heavens | ||||||
| — | σαλευθήσονται. | will be shaken.’ | σαλευθησονται | | | sunt | sunt | will be shaken.’ | ܢܬܬܙܝܥܘܢ | will be shaken.’ | σαλευθήσονται. | will be shaken.’ | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||