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 | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܘܒܠܘܗܝ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀπήγαγον | they led away | απηγαγον | | | adduxerunt | adduxerunt | they led away | ܠܝܫܘܥ | they led away | ἀπήγαγον | they led away | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | summi | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| — | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ιην | | | ihm | Jesum | Jesus | ܠܘܬ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܩܝܦܐ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερέα | high priest | — | | | summum | summum | high priest | ܪܒ | high priest | ἀρχιερέα | high priest | ||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | sacerdotem | sacerdotem | And | ܟܗܢܐ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | συνέρχονται | come together | συνερχονται | | | et | et | come together | — | — | συνέρχονται | come together | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to him | — | | | conuenerunt | convenerunt | to him | ܘܐܬܟܢܫܘ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | ||||||
| — | πάντες | all | παντες | | | omnes | omnes | all | ܠܘܬܗ | all | πάντες | all | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | sacerdotes | sacerdotes | chief priests | ܟܠܗܘܢ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܪܒܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | — | | | scribae | scribæ | elders | ܟܗܢܐ | elders | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܘܤܦܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἱ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| — | γραμματεῖς. | scribes. | γραμματεις | | | seniores | seniores | scribes. | ܘܩܫܝܫܐ | scribes. | γραμματεῖς | scribes. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||