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 | Γενομένης | And | ||||||
| — | γενομένης | when was arriving | γενομενης | | | facta | facta | when was arriving | ܗܘܝ | when was arriving | δὲ | when was arriving | ||||||
| — | δὲ | now | — | | | est | hora | now | ܕܝܢ | but | ὥρας | now | ||||||
| — | ὥρας | the hour | ωρας | | | sexta | sexta | the hour | ܫܥܝܢ | the hour | ἕκτης | the hour | ||||||
| — | ἕκτης | sixth | — | | | tenebrae | tenebræ | sixth | ܗܘܐ | sixth | σκότος | sixth | ||||||
| — | σκότος | darkness | σκοτος | | | factae | factæ | darkness | ܚܫܘܟܐ | darkness | ἐγένετο | darkness | ||||||
| — | ἐγένετο | came | εγενετο | | | sunt | sunt | came | — | — | ἐφ’ | came | ||||||
| — | ἐφ᾽ | over | εφ | | | per | per | over | ܥܠ | over | ὅλην | over | ||||||
| — | ὅλην | all | — | | | totam | totam | all | ܟܠܗ | all | τὴν | all | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | — | | | terram | — | — | — | — | γῆν | the | ||||||
| — | γῆν | land | — | | | usque | usque | land | ܐܪܥܐ | land | ἕως | land | ||||||
| — | ἕως | until | εως | | | in | in | until | ܥܕܡܐ | until | ὥρας | until | ||||||
| — | ὥρας | the hour | ωρας | | | horam | horam | the hour | ܠܫܥܐ | the hour | ἐνάτης | the hour | ||||||
| — | ἐνάτης. | ninth. | — | | | nonam | nonam | ninth. | ܬܫܥ | ninth. | ἐννάτης | ninth. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||