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 | — | | | adulescens | Adolescens | And | ܘܥܠܝܡܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | εἷς | one | — | | | autem | autem | one | — | — | εἷς | one | ||||||
| — | νεανίσκος | young man | νεανισκος | | | quidam | quidam | young man | ܚܕ | young man | τις | young man | ||||||
| — | τις | certain | τις | | | — | — | — | ܐܬܐ | certain | νεανίσκος | certain | ||||||
| — | συνηκολούθει | was accompanying | — | | | sequebatur | sequebatur | was accompanying | — | — | ἠκολούθησεν | was accompanying | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | Him | — | | | — | eum | Him | ܗܘܐ | Him | αὐτῷ | Him | ||||||
| — | περιβεβλημένος | having himself cast | περιβεβλημενος | | | amictus | amictus | having himself cast | — | — | περιβεβλημένος | having himself cast | ||||||
| — | σινδόνα | a linen cloth | — | | | sindone | sindone | a linen cloth | ܒܬܪܗ | a linen cloth | σινδόνα | a linen cloth | ||||||
| — | ἐπὶ | about | επι | | | illos | super | about | ܘܥܛܝܦ | about | ἐπὶ | about | ||||||
| — | γυμνοῦ, | his naked body, | γυμνου | | | nuditatis | nudo | his naked body, | — | — | γυμνοῦ | his naked body, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | — | — | — | ܤܕܘܢܐ | and | Καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | κρατοῦσιν | they seize | κρατουσιν | | | et | et | they seize | ܥܪܛܠ | they seize | κρατοῦσιν | they seize | ||||||
| — | αὐτόν | him | αυτον | | | tenuerunt | tenuerunt | him | — | — | αὐτὸν | him | ||||||
| — | οἱ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | νεανίσκοι. | young men. | — | | | illum | eum | young men. | ܘܐܚܕܘܗܝ | young men. | νεανίσκοι | young men. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||