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 | ܘܐܦ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | οἱ | those | οι | | | diebus | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | ||||||
| — | παραπορευόμενοι | passing by | — | | | praetereuntes | prætereuntes | passing by | ܐܝܠܝܢ | passing by | παραπορευόμενοι | passing by | ||||||
| — | ἐβλασφήμουν | were denigrating | εβλασφημουν | | | blasfemabant | blasphemabant | were denigrating | ܕܝܢ | were denigrating | ἐβλασφήμουν | were denigrating | ||||||
| — | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | eum | eum | Him | ܕܥܒܪܝܢ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | ||||||
| — | κινοῦντες | shaking | κεινουντες | | | mouentes | moventes | shaking | ܗܘܘ | shaking | κινοῦντες | shaking | ||||||
| — | τὰς | the | τας | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| — | κεφαλὰς | heads | κεφαλας | | | capita | capita | heads | ܡܓܕܦܝܢ | heads | κεφαλὰς | heads | ||||||
| — | αὐτῶν | of them | — | | | distruit | sua | of them | ܗܘܘ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܥܠܘܗܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | λέγοντες· | saying; | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | dicentes | saying; | ܘܡܢܝܕܝܢ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | ||||||
| — | Οὐά, | Aha! | ουα | | | — | Vah | Aha! | ܪܫܝܗܘܢ | Aha! | Οὐά | Aha! | ||||||
| — | ὁ | You who are | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | You who are | ||||||
| — | καταλύων | destroying | καταλυων | | | qui | qui | destroying | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | destroying | καταλύων | destroying | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | aedificat | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | ναὸν | temple | ναον | | | — | destruis | temple | ܐܘܢ | temple | ναὸν | temple | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | templum | templum | and | ܫܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | οἰκοδομῶν | building it | οικοδομων | | | illut | Dei | building it | ܗܝܟܠܐ | building it | ἐν | building it | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | — | | | et | et | in | ܘܒܢܐ | in | τρισὶν | in | ||||||
| — | τρισὶν | three | — | | | in | in | three | ܠܗ | three | ἡμέραις | three | ||||||
| — | ἡμέραις, | days | ημεραις | | | tribus | tribus | days | ܠܬܠܬܐ | days | οἰκοδομῶν | days | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||