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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | xii | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | quibus | Qui | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | — | | | ait | ait | answering | ܕܝܢ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | He said | — | | | — | illis | He said | — | — | εἶπεν | He said | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | unus | Unus | to them; | ܐܡܪ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | ||||||
| — | εἷς | It is one of | εις | | | ex | ex | It is one of | ܠܗܘܢ | It is one of | Εἷς | It is one of | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | — | duodecim | from | ܚܕ | from | ἐκ | from | ||||||
| — | τῶν | the | των | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| — | δώδεκα, | Twelve, | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | δώδεκα | Twelve, | ||||||
| — | ὁ | who | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | ||||||
| — | ἐμβαπτόμενος | is dipping | — | | | qui | qui | is dipping | ܡܢ | is dipping | ἐμβαπτόμενος | is dipping | ||||||
| — | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | intingit | intingit | with | ܬܪܥܤܪ | with | μετ’ | with | ||||||
| — | ἐμοῦ | Me | εμου | | | mecum | mecum | Me | ܕܨܒܥ | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | ||||||
| — | εἰς | in | εις | | | — | manum | in | — | — | εἰς | in | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ἓν | one | — | | | in | in | one | ܥܡܝ | one | τρυβλίον | one | ||||||
| — | τρύβλιον. | bowl. | — | | | parapside | catino | bowl. | ܒܠܓܬܐ | bowl. | τρύβλιον. | bowl. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||