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 | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ὄντος | when is being | οντος | | | cum | cum | when is being | ܫܡܥܘܢ | when is being | ὄντος | when is being | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | ancill | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Πέτρου | Peter | πετρου | | | esset | esset | Peter | ܠܬܚܬ | Peter | Πέτρου | Peter | ||||||
| — | κάτω | below | — | | | petrus | Petrus | below | ܒܕܪܬܐ | below | ἐν | below | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | — | — | τῇ | in | ||||||
| — | τῇ | the | τη | | | summi | summi | the | — | — | αὐλῇ | the | ||||||
| — | αὐλῇ | courtyard | αυλη | | | atrium | atrio | courtyard | ܐܬܬ | courtyard | κάτω | courtyard | ||||||
| — | ἔρχεται | comes | — | | | ad | deorsum | comes | ܥܠܝܡܬܐ | comes | ἔρχεται | comes | ||||||
| — | μία | one | μια | | | uenit | venit | one | ܚܕܐ | one | μία | one | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | sacerdotis | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | παιδισκῶν | servant girls | παιδισκων | | | una | una | servant girls | ܕܪܒ | servant girls | παιδισκῶν | servant girls | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | of the | του | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| — | ἀρχιερέως. | high priest. | αρχιερεως | | | ex | ex | high priest. | ܟܗܢܐ | high priest. | ἀρχιερέως | high priest. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||