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 | ܘܗܝܕܝܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | τότε | then | τοτε | | | tunc | tunc | then | ܢܚܙܘܢܝܗܝ | then | τότε | then | ||||||
| — | ὄψονται | will they behold | οψονται | | | uidebunt | videbunt | will they behold | ܠܒܪܗ | will they behold | ὄψονται | will they behold | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | υἱὸν | Son | ϋιον | | | filium | Filium | Son | ܕܐܢܫܐ | Son | υἱὸν | Son | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ανθρωπου | | | hominis | hominis | of Man | ܟܕ | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ||||||
| — | ἐρχόμενον | coming | ερχομενον | | | uenientem | venientem | coming | ܐܬܐ | coming | ἐρχόμενον | coming | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | — | | | in | in | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | νεφέλαις | the clouds | — | | | nubibus | nubibus | the clouds | ܒܥܢܢܐ | the clouds | νεφέλαις | the clouds | ||||||
| — | μετὰ | with | μετα | | | cum | cum | with | ܥܡ | with | μετὰ | with | ||||||
| — | δυνάμεως | power | δυναμεως | | | uirtute | virtute | power | ܚܝܠܐ | power | δυνάμεως | power | ||||||
| — | πολλῆς | great | πολλης | | | multa | multa | great | ܪܒܐ | great | πολλῆς | great | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܥܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | δόξης. | glory. | δοξης | | | gloria | gloria | glory. | ܫܘܒܚܐ | glory. | δόξης | glory. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||