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 | ||||||||||||
| — | μὴ | lest | μη | | | ne | ne | lest | ܕܠܡܐ | lest | μὴ | lest | ||||||
| — | ἐλθὼν | having come | — | | | cum | cum | having come | ܢܐܬܐ | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | ||||||
| — | ἐξαίφνης | suddenly | — | | | uenerit | venerit | suddenly | ܡܢ | suddenly | ἐξαίφνης | suddenly | ||||||
| — | εὕρῃ | he may find | ευρη | | | repente | repente | he may find | ܫܠܝܐ | he may find | εὕρῃ | he may find | ||||||
| — | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | inueniat | inveniat | you | ܘܢܫܟܚܟܘܢ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ||||||
| — | καθεύδοντας. | sleeping. | καθευδοντας | | | uos | vos | sleeping. | ܟܕ | sleeping. | καθεύδοντας | sleeping. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||