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 | And | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | καθημένου | when is sitting | καθημενου | | | — | cum | when is sitting | — | — | καθημένου | when is sitting | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | He | αυτου | | | — | sederet | He | ܝܬܒ | He | αὐτοῦ | He | ||||||
| — | εἰς | upon | εις | | | — | in | upon | ܝܫܘܥ | upon | εἰς | upon | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ὄρος | Mount | ορος | | | — | monte | Mount | — | — | ὄρος | Mount | ||||||
| — | τῶν | <the> | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἐλαιῶν | of Olives | ελαιων | | | — | Olivarum | of Olives | ܒܛܘܪܐ | of Olives | Ἐλαιῶν | of Olives | ||||||
| — | κατέναντι | opposite | κατεναντι | | | — | contra | opposite | ܕܙܝܬܐ | opposite | κατέναντι | opposite | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | ἱεροῦ | temple | ϊερου | | | — | templum | temple | — | — | ἱεροῦ | temple | ||||||
| — | ἐπηρώτα | he was asking | — | | | — | interrogabant | he was asking | ܠܘܩܒܠ | he was asking | ἐπηρώτων | he was asking | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | — | — | — | ܗܝܟܠܐ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| — | κατ᾽ | in | κατ | | | — | eum | in | — | — | κατ’ | in | ||||||
| — | ἰδίαν | private | ειδιαν | | | — | separatim | private | ܫܐܠܘܗܝ | private | ἰδίαν | private | ||||||
| — | Πέτρος | Peter | πετρος | | | — | Petrus | Peter | ܟܐܦܐ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰάκωβος | James | ϊακωβος | | | — | Jacobus | James | ܘܝܥܩܘܒ | James | Ἰάκωβος | James | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܘܝܘܚܢܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννης | John | ϊωαννης | | | — | Joannes | John | — | — | Ἰωάννης | John | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | et | and | ܘܐܢܕܪܐܘܤ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἀνδρέας· | Andrew; | ανδρεας | | | — | Andreas | Andrew; | ܒܠܚܘܕܝܗܘܢ | Andrew; | Ἀνδρέας | Andrew; | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||