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 | ܘܕܒܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | παραλαμβάνει | He takes | παραλαμβανει | | | adsumpsit | assumit | He takes | — | — | παραλαμβάνει | He takes | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Πέτρον | Peter | πετρον | | | petrum | Petrum | Peter | ܥܡܗ | Peter | Πέτρον | Peter | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | — | | | iohannen | — | — | — | — | Ἰάκωβον | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰάκωβον | James | ϊακωβον | | | iacobum | Jacobum | James | ܠܟܐܦܐ | James | καὶ | James | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | Ἰωάννην | and | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | μεθ’ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννην | John | ϊωαννην | | | — | — | — | ܘܠܝܥܩܘܒ | John | ἑαυτοῦ | John | ||||||
| — | μετ᾽ | with | μετ | | | coepit | Joannem | with | ܘܠܝܘܚܢܢ | with | καὶ | with | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | Him | αυτου | | | secum | secum | Him | — | — | ἤρξατο | Him | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܫܪܝ | and | ἐκθαμβεῖσθαι | and | ||||||
| — | ἤρξατο | He began | ηρξατο | | | — | cœpit | He began | — | — | καὶ | He began | ||||||
| — | ἐκθαμβεῖσθαι | to be greatly awe-struck | εκθαμβεισθαι | | | pauere | pavere | to be greatly awe-struck | ܠܡܬܟܡܪܘ | to be greatly awe-struck | ἀδημονεῖν | to be greatly awe-struck | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀδημονεῖν. | to be deeply distressed. | — | | | taediari | tædere | to be deeply distressed. | ܘܠܡܬܬܥܩܘ | to be deeply distressed. | ἀδημονεῖν. | to be deeply distressed. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||