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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ἦσαν | Were | — | | | discipuli | Erant | Were | ܐܝܬ | Were | Ἦσαν | Were | ||||||
| — | δέ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | now | ||||||
| — | τινες | some | — | | | quid | quidam | some | ܕܝܢ | some | τινες | some | ||||||
| — | ἀγανακτοῦντες | indignant | — | | | indigne | indigne | indignant | ܐܢܫܐ | indignant | ἀγανακτοῦντες | indignant | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | within | — | | | ferebant | ferentes | within | ܡܢ | within | πρὸς | within | ||||||
| — | ἑαυτούς | themselves | — | | | — | intra | themselves | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | themselves | ἑαυτούς | themselves | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | semetipsos | and | ܕܐܬܒܐܫ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | λέγοντες· | saying: | — | | | et | et | saying: | ܠܗܘܢ | saying: | λέγοντες | saying: | ||||||
| — | εἰς | To | εις | | | dice bant | dicentes | To | ܒܢܦܫܗܘܢ | To | Εἰς | To | ||||||
| — | τί | why | τι | | | ut | Ut | why | ܘܐܡܪܘ | why | τί | why | ||||||
| — | ἡ | <the> | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | ||||||
| — | ἀπώλεια | waste | απωλεια | | | perditio | perditio | waste | ܕܠܡܢܐ | waste | ἀπώλεια | waste | ||||||
| — | αὕτη | this | αυτη | | | ista | ista | this | ܗܘܐ | this | αὕτη | this | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | unguenti | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | μύρου | fragrant oil | μυρου | | | — | facta | fragrant oil | ܐܒܕܢܐ | fragrant oil | μύρου | fragrant oil | ||||||
| — | γέγονεν; | has been made? | — | | | eius | est | has been made? | ܕܗܢܐ | has been made? | γέγονεν | has been made? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||