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 | ||||||||||||
| — | πολλοὶ | Many | πολλοι | | | multi | multi | Many | ܤܓܝܐܐ | Many | Πολλοὶ | Many | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἐλεύσονται | will come | ελευσονται | | | uenient | venient | will come | ܓܝܪ | will come | ἐλεύσονται | will come | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | in | επι | | | in | in | in | ܢܐܬܘܢ | in | ἐπὶ | in | ||||||
| — | τῷ | the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| — | ὀνόματί | name | ονοματι | | | nomine | nomine | name | — | — | ὀνόματί | name | ||||||
| — | μου | of Me | μου | | | meo | meo | of Me | ܒܫܡܝ | of Me | μου | of Me | ||||||
| — | λέγοντες | saying | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | dicentes | saying | ܘܢܐܡܪܘܢ | saying | λέγοντες | saying | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | — | | | — | quia | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | ἐγώ | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ego | I myself | ܕܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | ||||||
| — | εἰμι, | am He, | ειμι | | | sum | sum | am He, | ܐܢܐ | am He, | εἰμι | am He, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | πολλοὺς | many | πολλου | | | multos | multos | many | ܘܠܤܓܝܐܐ | many | πολλοὺς | many | ||||||
| — | πλανήσουσιν. | they will mislead. | πλανησουσιν | | | seducent | seducent | they will mislead. | ܢܛܥܘܢ | they will mislead. | πλανήσουσιν | they will mislead. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||