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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | eis | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | and | δε | | | ad | At | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| — | καταλιπὼν | having left behind | καταλειπων | | | ille | ille | he/that | ܕܝܢ | having left behind | καταλιπὼν | having left behind | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | σινδόνα | linen cloth | σινδονα | | | relicta | sindone | ? | ܫܒܩ | linen cloth | σινδόνα | linen cloth | ||||||
| — | γυμνὸς | naked | γυμνος | | | sindone | nudus | ? | — | — | γυμνὸς | naked | ||||||
| — | ἔφυγεν | he fled | εφυγεν | | | nudus | profugit | ? | ܤܕܘܢܐ | he fled | ἔφυγεν | he fled | ||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from | απ | | | profugit | ab | from/by | ܘܥܪܩ | from | ἀπ’ | from | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν.¶ | of them. | αυτων | | | ab | eis | to them | ܥܪܛܠ | of them. | αὐτῶν | of them. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||