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 | — | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | λέγει | He says | λεγει | | | ait | ait | He says | ܠܗܘܢ | He says | λέγει | He says | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | αυτοις | | | illis | illis | to them; | ܟܪܝܐ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | ||||||
| — | περίλυπός | Very sorrowful | περιλυπος | | | tunc | Tristis | Very sorrowful | — | — | Περίλυπός | Very sorrowful | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܗܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | η | | | anima | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | ψυχή | soul | ψυχη | | | mea | mea | soul | ܠܗ | soul | ψυχή | soul | ||||||
| — | μου | of Mine | μου | | | usque | usque | of Mine | ܠܢܦܫܝ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | ||||||
| — | ἕως | until | εως | | | ad | ad | until | ܥܕܡܐ | until | ἕως | until | ||||||
| — | θανάτου. | death. | θανατου | | | morte | mortem | death. | ܠܡܘܬܐ | death. | θανάτου | death. | ||||||
| — | μείνατε | do remain | μεινατε | | | sustinete | sustinete | do remain | — | — | μείνατε | do remain | ||||||
| — | ὧδε | here | ωδε | | | hic | hic | here | ܩܘܘ | here | ὧδε | here | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | contristata | et | and | ܗܪܟܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | γρηγορεῖτε. | do watch. | γρηγορειτε | | | uigilate | vigilate | do watch. | ܘܐܬܬܥܝܪܘ | do watch. | γρηγορεῖτε | do watch. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||