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 | | | et | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | summus | Summus | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερεὺς | the high priest | αρχιερευς | | | autem | autem | the high priest | ܟܗܢܐ | the high priest | ἀρχιερεὺς | the high priest | ||||||
| — | διαρρήξας | having torn | διαρρηξας | | | sacerdos | sacerdos | having torn | ܕܝܢ | having torn | διαρρήξας | having torn | ||||||
| — | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | χιτῶνας | garments | χειτωνας | | | scidit | scindens | garments | ܨܪܐ | garments | χιτῶνας | garments | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | uestimenta | vestimenta | of him | ܟܘܬܝܢܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | λέγει· | says; | λεγει | | | sua | sua | says; | ܘܐܡܪ | says; | λέγει | says; | ||||||
| — | τί | What | τι | | | ait | ait | What | ܡܢܐ | What | Τί | What | ||||||
| — | ἔτι | any more | ετι | | | quid | Quid | any more | ܡܟܝܠ | any more | ἔτι | any more | ||||||
| — | χρείαν | need | χρειαν | | | adhuc | adhuc | need | ܡܬܒܥܝܢ | need | χρείαν | need | ||||||
| — | ἔχομεν | have we | εχομεν | | | desideramus | desideramus | have we | ܠܢ | have we | ἔχομεν | have we | ||||||
| — | μαρτύρων; | of witnesses? | μαρτυρων | | | testes | testes | of witnesses? | ܤܗܕܐ | of witnesses? | μαρτύρων | of witnesses? | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||