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 | ||||||||||||
| — | εἷς | One | — | | | unus | Unus | One | ܚܕ | One | Εἷς | One | ||||||
| — | δέ | then | — | | | eiciens | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | then | ||||||
| — | τις | a certain | — | | | — | quidam | a certain | ܡܢ | a certain | τις | a certain | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of those | — | | | illi | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of those | ||||||
| — | παρεστηκότων | having stood by | — | | | — | de | having stood by | ܗܢܘܢ | having stood by | παρεστηκότων | having stood by | ||||||
| — | σπασάμενος | himself drawing | — | | | — | circumstantibus | himself drawing | ܕܩܝܡܝܢ | himself drawing | σπασάμενος | himself drawing | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | — | | | auricula | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | μάχαιραν | sword | — | | | principis | educens | sword | ܫܡܛ | sword | μάχαιραν | sword | ||||||
| — | ἔπαισεν | struck | — | | | gladium | gladium | struck | ܤܝܦܐ | struck | ἔπαισεν | struck | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | δοῦλον | servant | — | | | percussit | percussit | servant | ܘܡܚܝܗܝ | servant | δοῦλον | servant | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερέως | high priest | — | | | seruus | servum | high priest | ܠܥܒܕܗ | high priest | ἀρχιερέως | high priest | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | summi | and | ܕܪܒ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | ἀφεῖλεν | cut off | αφιλεν | | | sacerdotis | sacerdotis | cut off | ܟܗܢܐ | cut off | ἀφεῖλεν | cut off | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | et | et | of him | ܘܫܩܠܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | τὸ | the | το | | | et | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| — | ὠτάριον. | ear. | ωταριον | | | amputabit | amputavit | ear. | ܐܕܢܗ | ear. | ὠτίον | ear. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||