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 | Et | And | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν | He said | ειπεν | | | ait | ait | He said | ܠܗܘܢ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | illis | illis | to them; | — | — | αὐτοῖς | to them; | ||||||
| — | τοῦτό | This | τουτ | | | hoc | Hic | This | ܗܢܘ | This | Τοῦτό | This | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܕܡܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | effunditur | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | αἷμά | blood | αιμα | | | sanguis | sanguis | blood | — | — | αἷμά | blood | ||||||
| — | μου | of Me | μου | | | meus | meus | of Me | ܕܕܝܬܩܐ | of Me | μου | of Me | ||||||
| — | τὸ | which is | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | which is | ||||||
| — | τῆς | <the> | της | | | est | — | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| — | καινῆς | of a new | — | | | — | novi | of a new | ܚܕܬܐ | of a new | καινῆς | of a new | ||||||
| — | διαθήκης | covenant | διαθηκης | | | testamenti | testamenti | covenant | ܕܚܠܦ | covenant | διαθήκης | covenant | ||||||
| — | τὸ | which | το | | | qui | — | — | — | — | τὸ | which | ||||||
| — | ἐκχυννόμενον | is being poured out | — | | | qui | qui | is being poured out | — | — | περὶ | is being poured out | ||||||
| — | ὑπὲρ | for | ϋπερ | | | pro | pro | for | ܤܓܝܐܐ | for | πολλῶν | for | ||||||
| — | πολλῶν. | many. | πολλων | | | multis | multis | many. | ܡܬܐܫܕ | many. | ἐκχυνόμενον | many. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||