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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Οἱ | <the> | οι | | | in | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| — | δὲ | And | δε | | | milites | Milites | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | στρατιῶται | the soldiers | στρατιωται | | | autem | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | the soldiers | στρατιῶται | the soldiers | ||||||
| — | ἀπήγαγον | led away | απηγαγον | | | duxerunt | duxerunt | ? | — | — | ἀπήγαγον | led away | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | — | eum | him | ܐܘܒܠܘܗܝ | him | αὐτὸν | him | ||||||
| — | ἔσω | into | εσω | | | eum | in | in | ܠܓܘ | into | ἔσω | into | ||||||
| — | τῆς | the | — | | | quod | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| — | αὐλῆς, | palace, | — | | | intus | atrium | ? | ܕܪܬܐ | palace, | αὐλῆς | palace, | ||||||
| — | ὅ | that | — | | | atrium | — | — | — | — | ὅ | that | ||||||
| — | ἐστιν | is | — | | | est | pr | ? | ܕܐܝܬܝܗ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| — | πραιτώριον, | the Praetorium, | — | | | et | torii | ? | ܦܪܛܘܪܝܢ | the Praetorium, | πραιτώριον | the Praetorium, | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | — | et | and | ܘܩܪܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | συγκαλοῦσιν | they call together | — | | | conuocauerunt | convocant | ? | — | — | συγκαλοῦσιν | they call together | ||||||
| — | ὅλην | all | — | | | totam | totam | ? | ܠܟܠܗ | all | ὅλην | all | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | praetorii | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | σπεῖραν | cohort | σπειραν | | | cohortem | cohortem | ? | ܐܤܦܝܪ | cohort | σπεῖραν | cohort | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||