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 | — | | | rursus | Rursus | And | ܘܚܙܬܗ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἡ | the | — | | | est | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| — | παιδίσκη | servant girl | — | | | autem | autem | servant girl | ܬܘܒ | servant girl | παιδίσκη | servant girl | ||||||
| — | ἰδοῦσα | having seen | — | | | cum | cum | having seen | ܥܠܝܡܬܐ | having seen | ἰδοῦσα | having seen | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | him | — | | | uidisset | vidisset | him | ܗܝ | him | αὐτὸν | him | ||||||
| — | ἤρξατο | began | — | | | ille | illum | began | ܘܫܪܝܬ | began | πάλιν | began | ||||||
| — | πάλιν | again | παλιν | | | ancilla | ancilla | again | ܕܬܐܡܪ | again | ἤρξατο | again | ||||||
| — | λέγειν | to say | — | | | iterum | cœpit | to say | — | — | λέγειν | to say | ||||||
| — | τοῖς | to those | — | | | ad | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | to those | ||||||
| — | παρεστῶσιν | having been standing by | — | | | dicere | dicere | having been standing by | ܠܐܝܠܝܢ | having been standing by | παρεστηκόσιν | having been standing by | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | that | — | | | circumstantibus | circumstantibus | that | ܕܩܝܡܝܢ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| — | οὗτος | This | — | | | — | Quia | This | ܕܐܦ | This | Οὗτος | This | ||||||
| — | ἐξ | one of | — | | | hic | hic | one of | ܗܢܐ | one of | ἐξ | one of | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | them | — | | | ex | ex | them | ܡܢܗܘܢ | them | αὐτῶν | them | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν. | is. | — | | | — | illis | is. | ܗܘ | is. | ἐστίν | is. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||