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 | ܘܫܚܪܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀγγαρεύουσιν | they compel | — | | | angariauerunt | angariaverunt | they compel | ܚܕ | they compel | ἀγγαρεύουσιν | they compel | ||||||
| — | παράγοντά | passing by | — | | | transeuntem | prætereuntem | passing by | ܕܥܒܪ | passing by | παράγοντά | passing by | ||||||
| — | τινα | one | — | | | — | quempiam | one | ܗܘܐ | one | τινα | one | ||||||
| — | Σίμωνα | Simon | — | | | simonem | Simonem | Simon | — | — | Σίμωνα | Simon | ||||||
| — | Κυρηναῖον | of Cyrene | — | | | cyreneum | Cyrenæum | of Cyrene | ܫܡܥܘܢ | of Cyrene | Κυρηναῖον | of Cyrene | ||||||
| — | ἐρχόμενον | coming | — | | | ueniente | venientem | coming | ܩܘܪܝܢܝܐ | coming | ἐρχόμενον | coming | ||||||
| — | ἀπ᾽ | from | — | | | de | de | from | ܕܐܬܐ | from | ἀπ’ | from | ||||||
| — | ἀγροῦ, | the country, | — | | | uilla | villa | the country, | ܗܘܐ | the country, | ἀγροῦ | the country, | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | πατέρα | father | — | | | patre | patrem | father | ܡܢ | father | πατέρα | father | ||||||
| — | Ἀλεξάνδρου | of Alexander | — | | | alexandri | Alexandri | of Alexander | ܩܪܝܬܐ | of Alexander | Ἀλεξάνδρου | of Alexander | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | — | | | et | et | and | ܐܒܘܗܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ῥούφου, | Rufus, | — | | | rufi | Rufi | Rufus, | — | — | Ῥούφου | Rufus, | ||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | — | | | ut | ut | that | ܕܐܠܟܤܢܕܪܘܤ | that | ἵνα | that | ||||||
| — | ἄρῃ | he may carry | — | | | tolleret | tolleret | he may carry | ܘܕܪܘܦܘܤ | he may carry | ἄρῃ | he may carry | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | σταυρὸν | cross | σταυρον | | | crucem | crucem | cross | ܕܢܫܩܘܠ | cross | σταυρὸν | cross | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ. | of Him. | αυτου | | | eius | ejus | of Him. | ܙܩܝܦܗ | of Him. | αὐτοῦ | of Him. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||