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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οὕτως | So | ουτως | | | sic | sic | So | ܗܟܢܐ | So | οὕτως | So | ||||||
| — | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| — | ὑμεῖς, | you yourselves, | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves, | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you yourselves, | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves, | ||||||
| — | ὅταν | when | οταν | | | cum | cum | when | ܡܐ | when | ὅταν | when | ||||||
| — | ἴδητε | you may see | ειδητε | | | uideritis | videritis | you may see | ܕܚܙܝܬܘܢ | you may see | ταῦτα | you may see | ||||||
| — | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | omnia | hæc | these things | ܗܠܝܢ | these things | ἴδητε | these things | ||||||
| — | γινόμενα, | coming to pass, | γεινομενα | | | fieri | fieri | coming to pass, | — | — | γινόμενα | coming to pass, | ||||||
| — | γινώσκετε | do know | — | | | scitote | scitote | do know | ܕܗܘܝܢ | do know | γινώσκετε | do know | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quod | quod | that | ܕܥܘ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | ἐγγύς | near | εγγυς | | | in | in | near | ܕܩܪܝܒܐ | near | ἐγγύς | near | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | He is | εστιν | | | proximo | proximo | He is | ܗܝ | He is | ἐστιν | He is | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | at the | επι | | | — | sit | at the | ܥܠ | at the | ἐπὶ | at the | ||||||
| — | θύραις.¶ | doors. | θυραις | | | in | in | doors. | ܬܪܥܐ | doors. | θύραις | doors. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||